Axelella campbelli

Axelella campbelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Axelella
Species:
A. campbelli
Binomial name
Axelella campbelli
(Shasky, 1961)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cancellaria campbelli (Shasky, 1961) [1]
  • Trigonostoma campbelli Shasky, 1961

Axelella campbelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 9.3 mm.

Distriubtion

This species occurs in the Gulf of California.

References

  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Landau, B., Petit, R. E., Etter, W. & da Silva, C. M. (2012). New species and records of Cancellariinae (Caenogastropoda) from tropical America, together with a catalogue of Neogene to Recent species from this region. Cainozoic Research. 9(2): 193-279.