Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Full reference: P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144
Belongs to Axelella according to B. Landau et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Axelella bifoliata, Axelella campbelli, Axelella cativa, Axelella desmotis, Axelella firma, Axelella funiculata, Axelella panamica, Axelella scalatella, Axelella smithii, Axelella spheniodostoma, Axelella thisbe, Axelella vokesae, Axelella williamsi, Axelella yara
Type specimen: NMB H 17335, a shell. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16942 - Río Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Baitoa Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at NMB Loc. 16942 - Río Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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