Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Synonym: Olssonella Petit 1970 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. E. Petit. 1988. Axella, new name for Olssonella Petit, 1970, a preocuppied taxon (Mollusca: Cancellariacea). The Nautilus 102(3):130
Parent taxon: Cancellariinae according to B. Landau et al. 2012
See also Jung and Petit 1990, Petit 1976, Petit 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Anapepta, Aphera, Bivetiella, Bivetopsia, Cancellaria, Cancelrana, Coptostoma, Euclia, Fusiaphera, Gergovia, Inglisella, Maorivetia, Marianarona, Mariasveltia, Massyla, Narona, Oamaruia, Pepta, Pezantia, Pisanella, Plesiocerithium, Pristimerica, Pyruclia, Sveltella, Sydaphera, Tatara, Ventrilia, Vercomaris
Subtaxa: Axelella bifoliata Axelella campbelli Axelella cativa Axelella desmotis Axelella emblema Axelella firma Axelella funiculata Axelella panamica Axelella scalatella Axelella smithii Axelella spheniodostoma Axelella thisbe Axelella vokesae Axelella williamsi Axelella yara
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Jamaica (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (8), United States (5: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences
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