''Arxellia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s, in the
family
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Arxellia'' Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766158 on 2018-12-28][Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T.; Herbert, D. G. (2014). New genus Arxellia with new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Australia, Vanuatu and Tonga. Zootaxa. 3826(1): 255.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Arxellia'' include:
* ''
Arxellia boucheti''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia erythrea''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia helicoides''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia herosae''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia maestratii''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia tenorioi''
(Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
* ''
Arxellia thaumasta''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia tracheia''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Arxellia trochos''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
References
Solariellidae
Gastropod genera
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