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Axelella panamica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Olssonella panamica was named by Petit (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 220090, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 757 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Axelella panamica by Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Olssonella panamica Petit p. 35 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
2012Axelella panamica 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
speciespanamica()

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 panamica Petit 1976
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Axelella panamica (61334)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Axelella panamica (136005) Olssonella panamica, Axelella panamica (type locality: 92444)