Athleta

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Athleta Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent
Athleta ficulina , a fossil species from Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Athleta Conrad, 1853 [1]
Type species
† Voluta rarispinaLamarck, 1811
Synonyms [2]
Athleta (Athleta)Conrad, 1853· accepted, alternate representation Athleta (Neoathleta)Sacco, 1890 †· accepted, alternate representation Athleta (Oligoathleta)Lozouet, 2019 †· accepted, alternate representation Athleta (Ternivoluta)Martens, 1897· accepted, alternate representation Athleta (Volutocorbis)Dall, 1890 †· accepted, alternate representation Athleta (Volutospina)Newton, 1906 †· accepted, alternate representation NotoplejonaMarwick, 1926 † Voluta (Ternivoluta)Martens, 1897 Volutilithes (Neoathleta)Sacco, 1890 † Volutilithes (Volutocorbis)Dall, 1890 (original rank) VolutocorbisDall, 1890 VolutospinaNewton, 1906 (original rank) Volutospina (Athleta)Conrad, 1853 †

Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Athleta include:

• Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848) ^[3]
• † Athleta affinis (Brocchi, 1814)
• Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969) ^[4]
• † Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018
• Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969) ^[5]
• Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017
• Athleta epigona (Martens, 1904) ^[6]
• † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
• † Athleta gabriellis (Benoist, 1874)
• Athleta gilchristi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1902) ^[7]
• Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971) ^[8]
• Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979
• Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974) ^[9]
• † Athleta lata (Marwick, 1926)
• Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948) ^[10]
• † Athleta maculosus Lozouet, 2019
• Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980)
• † Athleta marwicki P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• † Athleta memoirae Lozouet, 2019
• † Athleta mimica P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972) ^[11]
• Athleta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974) ^[12]
• † Athleta necopinata Suter, 1917
• † Athleta permulticostatus (Telegdi-Roth, 1914)
• † Athleta peyreirensis Lozouet, 2019
• Athleta pisororum H. Morrison, 2006
• † Athleta rathieri (Hébert, 1849)
• Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) ^[13]
• Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974) ^[14]
• Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979 ^[15]
• Athleta pisororum Morrison, 2006 ^[16]
• † Athleta spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897) ^[17]
• † Athleta subaffinis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• † Athleta subambiguus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• † Athleta subelegans (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• Athleta taikoensis P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• † Athleta telegdyi (Gaál, 1938)
• † Athleta tournoueri (Peyrot, 1928)

subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853

subgenus Ternivoluta Martens, 1897 ^[18]

Fossil species

subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853 ^[19]

• † Athleta fayiumensis Abbass, 1967 ^[19]
• † Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835 ^[19]

subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890 ^[19]

• † Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865 ^[19]
• † Athleta cithara Lamarck, 1802 ^[19]
• † Athleta geminata Edwards, 1854 ^[19]
• † Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802 ^[19]
• † Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835 ^[19]

subgenus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890 ^[19]

• † Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923 ^[19]
• † Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923 ^[19]
• † Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014 ^[19]
• † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930 ^[19]

Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:

• † Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952 ^[19]
• † Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758 ^[19]

subgenus † Volutopupa Dall, 1890 ^[19]

• † Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014 ^[19]
• † Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909 ^[19]

subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906 ^[19]

• † Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766 ^[19]
• † Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877 ^[19]
• † Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839 ^[19]
• † Athleta depauperatus Sowerby, 1823 ^[19]
• † Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921 ^[19]
• † Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823 ^[19]
• † Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925 ^[19]
• † Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829 ^[19]
• † Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909 ^[19]
• † Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925 ^[19]
• † Athleta spinosa Linnaeus, 1758 ^[19]
• † Athleta subambigua d'Orbigny, 1852 ^[19]
• † Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766 ^[19]
• † Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922 ^[19]
• † Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952 ^[19]
• † Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922 ^[19]

subgenus ?

• † Athleta clayi ^[19]
• † Athleta daviesi Cox, 1930 ^[19]
• † Athleta ficulina Lamarck, 1811 ^[19]
• † Athleta haleanus ^[19]
• † Athleta lisbonensis ^[19]
  • † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933 ^[19]
• † Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922 ^[19]
• † Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833 ^[19]
• † Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890 ^[19]
• † Athleta rarispina Lamarck, 1811 ^[19]
• † Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833 ^[19]
• † Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854 ^[19]
• † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930 ^[19]

References

1. Conrad T. A. (1853). "Synopsis of the Genera Cassidula, Humph., and of a proposed new genus Athleta". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 448-449.
2. Athleta Conrad, 1853 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
3. Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
4. Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
5. Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
6. Athleta epigona (Martens, 1904) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
7. Athleta gilchristi (Sowerby III, 1902) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
8. Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
9. Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
10. Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
11. Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
12. Athleta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
13. Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
14. Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
15. Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
16. Athleta pisororum Morrison, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
17. Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
18. Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Athleta (Ternivoluta) Martens, 1897. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382261 on 2018-01-02
19. "†Athleta Conrad 1853 (volute)". Fossilworks, accessed 2 January 2018.

• Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography; Zootaxa, 3826 (1) : 101-138, fig. 1-12. , 2014

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