Axelella scalatella Guppy 1873 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) scalatella, Cancellaria scalatella, Olssonella scalatella, Trigonostoma scalatella

Belongs to Axelella according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Petit 1970, Petit 1988, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Axelella bifoliata, Axelella campbelli, Axelella cativa, Axelella desmotis, Axelella emblema, Axelella firma, Axelella funiculata, Axelella panamica, Axelella smithii, Axelella spheniodostoma, Axelella thisbe, Axelella vokesae, Axelella williamsi, Axelella yara

Type specimen: USNM 115474, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (2 collections)

• Miocene of Panama (2)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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