Athleta studeri

Athleta studeri
Athleta studeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Athleta
Species:	A. studeri
Binomial name
Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
Athleta studeri(von Martens, 1897)

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

There are two subspecies:

• Athleta (Ternivoluta) studeri studeri (Martens, 1897)
• Athleta (Ternivoluta) studeri swainensis Bail & limpus, 1998

Description

Shell elongately fusiform with a high gradate spire and rounded body whorl tapering gently to the anterior canal. Sutural groove narrow but forming a prominent shoulder on the adult whorls. No sutural nodules. Thin axial costae present only on the first whorl, absent from the succeeding whorls. Shoulder nodules developed on the costae and persisting to the adult whorls but irregularly developed and much reduced in size. Spiral lirae weakly developed and confined to the anterior portion of the body whorl. Four major and three or four minor plaits. Colour pattern of thin axial chestnut bands and three interrupted thicker spiral bands on the body whorl, one of which is also present on the spire. ^[2]
This species attains a size of 52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Australia. ^[3]

References

1. Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
2. Darragh, Thomas A. (January 1971). "Revision of the Australian Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gasteropoda)". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2 (2): 163–185. doi:10.1080/00852988.1971.10673850. ISSN   0085-2988.
3. Darragh, Thomas A. (January 1983). "Volutidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda) From the Capricorn Channel, Central Queensland, Australia". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 6 (1–2): 83–87. doi:10.1080/00852988.1983.10673959. ISSN   0085-2988.

• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)