Afriathleta

Afriathleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Afriathleta S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2022
Type species
Volutocorbis semirugataRehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974

Afriathleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Athletinae of the family Volutidae. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This genus has bacome a junior synonym of † Athleta (Neoathleta)Sacco, 1890 represented as Athleta Conrad, 1853. However, the taxonomy of the species on this genus has remained unchanged, until further notice. ^[2]

Species

• Afriathleta epigona (E. von Martens, 1904)
• Afriathleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974)
• Afriathleta leilaniae S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2022
• Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981)
• Afriathleta semirugata (Rehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974)
• Afriathleta trixiae S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2022
• Afriathleta viljoenae S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2022

References

1. Afriathleta S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2022 . 18 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Crabos, O. (2024). Resetting taxonomic misinterpretation in Volutidae, genus Athleta. Xenophora Taxonomy. 42: 35-36.

• Veldsman, S.G. & Veldsman, J.H. (V.). (2022). A taxonomic revision of the Volutidae of southern Africa, including the description of three new genera and several new species. Visaya. suppl. 17: 1–168.