Athleta magister

Athleta magister
Shell of Athleta magister (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Athleta
Species:	A. magister
Binomial name
Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980)
Synonyms
Athleta boswellae f. magister(Kilburn, 1980) Volutocorbis magisterKilburn, 1980 (original combination)

Athleta magister is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

1. Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980) . 18 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Kilburn R.N. (1980). Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 193–200.
• Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. Pp. 314–333, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.