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I'd use Marichelle. Meritxell must have the same pronounciation, I suppose, but I'd be trying to say the "t" in there.
And Mary-Chelle, no.

If you're trying to respell Meritxell to make it easier to pronounce, Meritchele is probably the best I can do (as it's not Mary-Shell, has no Mary in it, but is more like murriTCHELL according to the BtN pronunciation). Actually I think it should not be respelled - people should just be taught how Meritxell is pronounced. It's a neat sounding name. Too foreign for me to count it as a fave though. I'd need to know more about its connotations for speakers of the language of origin.

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But if you're looking to invent a similar name based on Mary-Shell ... Marichelle or Merichelle seems to be about right. It makes good use of people's knowledge of how to pronounce Michelle.

Hm. I think I'd go Marichelle.
Mary-Chelle makes me wonder if it is "shell" or "chell"
And Meritxell is just a little overwhelming.

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In general, the sounds does not really grab me.

If the sound is supposed to be Mary Shell then I'd have to say spell it "Mary-Chelle". I don't like hyphenated names much but Marichelle looks like "mah-ree-shel" to me.

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Meritxell I'd guess was "meh-rit-skel" so kind of off...