Axelella vokesae Petit 1970 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combination: Olssonella vokesae

Full reference: R. E. Petit. 1970. Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):83-88

Belongs to Axelella according to R. E. Petit 1988

See also Petit 1970

Sister taxa: 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 williamsi, Axelella yara

Type specimen: USNM 646465, a shell. Its type locality is TU 562 - Webb Creek [Silverdale Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Silverdale Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 562 - Webb Creek [Silverdale Fm]

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