Athleta Explained
Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Species
Species within the genus Athleta include:
- Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
- † Athleta affinis (Brocchi, 1814)
- Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969)
- † Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018
- Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969)
- Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017
- Athleta epigona (Martens, 1904)
- † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
- † Athleta gabriellis (Benoist, 1874)
- Athleta gilchristi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1902)
- Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971)
- Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979
- Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974)
- † Athleta lata (Marwick, 1926)
- Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948)
- † 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)
- Athleta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)
- † 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)
- Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)
- Athleta pisororum Morrison, 2006
- † Athleta spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897)
- † 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[1]
Fossil species
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853
- † Athleta fayiumensis Abbass, 1967
- † Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835
subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890
- † Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865
- † Athleta cithara Lamarck, 1802
- † Athleta geminata Edwards, 1854
- † Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802
- † Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835
subgenus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890
- † Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923
- † Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923
- † Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014
- † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930
Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:
- † Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967
- † Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967
- † Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870
- † Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810
- † Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840
- † Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906
- † Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823
- † Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006
- † Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952
- † Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758
subgenus † Volutopupa Dall, 1890
- † Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014
- † Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909
subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906
- † Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766
- † Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877
- † Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839
- † Athleta depauperatus Sowerby, 1823
- † Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921
- † Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823
- † Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925
- † Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829
- † Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909
- † Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925
- † Athleta spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
- † Athleta subambigua d'Orbigny, 1852
- † Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766
- † Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922
- † Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952
- † Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922
subgenus ?
- † Athleta clayi[2]
- † Athleta daviesi Cox, 1930[2]
- † Athleta ficulina Lamarck, 1811[2]
- † Athleta haleanus[2]
- † Athleta lisbonensis[2]
- † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933[2]
- † Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922[2]
- † Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833[2]
- † Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890[2]
- † Athleta rarispina Lamarck, 1811[2]
- † Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833[2]
- † Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854[2]
- † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930[2]
References
- 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
Notes and References
- 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
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=10796 "†Athleta Conrad 1853 (volute)"
