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Axelella desmotis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria desmotis was named by Gardner (1937) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2213 - Baileys Ferry, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Olssonella desmotis by Petit (1970); it was recombined as Axelella desmotis by Petit (1988) and Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cancellaria desmotis Gardner p. 373 figs. pl. 45, fig. 5
1970Olssonella desmotis Petit p. 83
1988Axelella desmotis Petit p. 130
2012Axelella desmotis 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
speciesdesmotis(Gardner 1937)

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.

Axelella desmotis Gardner 1937
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Diagnosis
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