Axelella funiculata

Axelella funiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Axelella
Species:
A. funiculata
Binomial name
Axelella funiculata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms

Cancellaria funiculata Hinds, 1843

Axelella funiculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is egg-shaped and elongated; it has six whorls, ribbed and slightly angled above. The ribs are somewhat spaced, raised, rounded, and nodular, crossed by elevated lines. The suture is deep. The lip is grooved on the inside. The columella bears three small folds. The umbilicus is bordered, and the siphonal canal is nearly absent.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of California.

References

  1. 1 2 Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Hinds, R.B. (1843). "Descriptions of ten new species of Cancellaria, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1843 (11): 48. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.