Etimologia: homenagem aos indios Kanela, tribo brasileira.
Descrição original: Absalão, R. S. (2009). New small deep-sea species of Gastropoda from the Campos Basin off Brazil. American Malacological Bulletin. 27: 133-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51491134
Referência: Souza, Leonardo Santos De, Araújo, Tarciso Almeida De & Pimenta, Alexandre Dias, 2024, Taxonomic review of Aclis Lóven, 1846 (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) from Brazil with notes on other congeners from the western Atlantic and Saint Helena