Axelella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species Species within the genus Axelella include: Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961) † Axelella casacantaurana Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012 † Axelella cativa Landau, Petit & C. M. Silva, 2012 † Axelella desmotis (J. A. Gardner, 1938) † Axelella emblema P. Jung & Petit, 1990 † Axelella firma Petit & Schmelz, 1991 Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843) † Axelella nutrita Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012 † Axelella panamica (Petit, 1976) Axelella scalatella (Guppy, 1873) Axelella smithii (Dall, 1888) † Axelella sphenoidostoma (J. A. Gardner, 1938) † Axelella spherotopleura (J. A. Gardner, 1938) † Axelella thisbe (Olsson, 1964) † Axelella vokesae (Petit, 1970) † Axelella yara Landau & Petit, 1997
Species brought into synonymy Axelella brasiliensis Verhecken, 1991: synonym of Pseudobabylonella brasiliensis (Verhecken, 1991) Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997: synonym of Nipponaphera kastoroae Axelella minima (Reeve, 1856): synonym of Pseudobabylonella minima Axelella nodosivaricosa (Petush, 1979): synonym of Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa Axelella semipellucida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Nipponaphera semipellucida Axelella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999: synonym of Nipponaphera suduirauti (Verhecken, 1999)
References
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 + 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