# Axelella

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***Axelella*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Cancellariidae](/source/Cancellariidae), the nutmeg snails.[1]

## Species

Species within the genus *Axelella* include:

- *[Axelella campbelli](/source/Axelella_campbelli)* (Shasky, 1961)[2]
- † *[Axelella casacantaurana](/source/Axelella_casacantaurana)* Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † *[Axelella cativa](/source/Axelella_cativa)* Landau, Petit & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † *[Axelella desmotis](/source/Axelella_desmotis)* (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † *[Axelella emblema](/source/Axelella_emblema)* P. Jung & Petit, 1990
- † *[Axelella firma](/source/Axelella_firma)* Petit & Schmelz, 1991
- *[Axelella funiculata](/source/Axelella_funiculata)* (Hinds, 1843)[3]
- † *[Axelella nutrita](/source/Axelella_nutrita)* Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † *[Axelella panamica](/source/Axelella_panamica)* (Petit, 1976)
- *[Axelella scalatella](/source/Axelella_scalatella)* (Guppy, 1873)[4]
- *[Axelella smithii](/source/Axelella_smithii)* (Dall, 1888)[5]
- † *[Axelella sphenoidostoma](/source/Axelella_sphenoidostoma)* (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † *[Axelella spherotopleura](/source/Axelella_spherotopleura)* (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † *[Axelella thisbe](/source/Axelella_thisbe)* (Olsson, 1964)
- † *[Axelella vokesae](/source/Axelella_vokesae)* (Petit, 1970)
- † [Axelella yara](/source/Axelella_yara) Landau & Petit, 1997

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Axelella brasiliensis* Verhecken, 1991:[6] synonym of *[Pseudobabylonella brasiliensis](/source/Pseudobabylonella_brasiliensis)* (Verhecken, 1991)
- *Axelella kastoroae* Verhecken, 1997:[7] synonym of *[Nipponaphera kastoroae](/source/Nipponaphera_kastoroae)*
- *Axelella minima* (Reeve, 1856):[8] synonym of *[Pseudobabylonella minima](/source/Pseudobabylonella_minima)*
- *Axelella nodosivaricosa* (Petush, 1979):[9] synonym of *[Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa](/source/Nipponaphera_nodosivaricosa)*
- *Axelella semipellucida* (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850):[10] synonym of *[Nipponaphera semipellucida](/source/Nipponaphera_semipellucida)*
- *Axelella suduirauti* Verhecken, 1999:[11] synonym of *[Nipponaphera suduirauti](/source/Nipponaphera_suduirauti)* (Verhecken, 1999)

## References

1. "*Axelella* Petit, 1988". 2025. 137724. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

- Petit R.E. (1970). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)— II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8(2): 83-88, pl. 1.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). *European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.* Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

## External links

+ Petit, R.E. (1988). ["Axelella, new name for Olssonella Petit, 1970, a preoccupied taxon (Mollusca: Cancellariacea)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276962). *The Nautilus*. **102** (3): 130. Retrieved 20 May 2026.

- [Hemmen J. (2007). *Recent Cancellariidae*., Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. \[With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8Wiesbaden, 428pp](https://web.archive.org/web/20120831144310/http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf)

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