Axelella cativa Landau et al. 2012 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Full reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930

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

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

Type specimen: NHMW 2011/0177/0032, a shell. Its type locality is TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm]

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