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Axelella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Olssonella Petit p. 83
1976Olssonella Petit p. 35
1988Axelella Petit p. 130
1990Axelella Jung and Petit p. 113
2001Axelella Todd
2002Axelella Sepkoski
2002Olssonella Sepkoski
2012Axelella Landau et al. p. 926

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusAxelella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Axelella Petit 1988
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Axelella bifoliata Aldrich 1903
Axelella campbelli Shasky 1961
Axelella cativa Landau et al. 2012
Axelella desmotis Gardner 1937
Axelella emblema Jung and Petit 1990
Axelella firma Petit and Schmelz 1991
Axelella funiculata Hinds 1844
Axelella panamica Petit 1976
Axelella scalatella Guppy 1873
Axelella smithii Dall 1888
Axelella spheniodostoma Gardner 1937
Axelella thisbe Olsson 1964
Axelella vokesae Petit 1970
Axelella williamsi Petit 1976
Axelella yara Landau and Petit 2007
Invalid names: Olssonella Petit 1970 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Olssonella elongata (5501 5867 5941 74077 74079 74080)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Olssonella vokesae (92719)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) A. yara (41832)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cancellaria bifoliata (42482 42605) Cancellaria desmotis (41760)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic A. emblema (131499)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) A. sphenoidostoma, A. spherotoleura (111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. cativa (92597) A. panamica (136005) A. sp. (145523) Olssonella panamica, A. panamica (92444) Trigonostoma scalatella (93147 93160)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. panamica (61334)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (135816)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Trigonostoma thisbe (60771)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica A. sp. (69089) Trigonostoma scalatella (58522) Trigonostoma scalatella, A. scalatella (69093)