Axelella thisbe Olsson 1964 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Olssonella thisbe, Trigonostoma thisbe

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Belongs to Axelella according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Olsson 1964, Petit 1970 and Petit 1988

Sister taxa: Axelella bifoliata, Axelella campbelli, Axelella cativa, Axelella desmotis, Axelella emblema, Axelella firma, Axelella funiculata, Axelella panamica, Axelella scalatella, Axelella smithii, Axelella spheniodostoma, Axelella vokesae, Axelella williamsi, Axelella yara

Type specimen: USNM 643879, a shell. Its type locality is Quebrada Camarones [Esmeraldas Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/sandstone in the Esmeraldas Formation of Ecuador.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Camarones [Esmeraldas Fm]

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