Athleta
| Athleta Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent | |
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| 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 rarispina Lamarck, 1811 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Athleta include:
- † Athleta acutinodula Belliard & Gain, 2025
- † Athleta affinis (Brocchi, 1814)
- † Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766[3]
- † Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877[3]
- † Athleta baili Pacaud & Ledon, 2023
- † Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865[3]
- † Athleta bicorona (Lamarck, 1803)
- † Athleta bulbulus (Lamarck, 1803)
- † Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923[3]
- † Athleta canaligera Staadt, 1913
- † Athleta caunelha Kovács et al., 2026[4]
- † Athleta cazesi Kovács et al., 2026[4]
- † Athleta citharoedus (Holten, 1802)
- † Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014[3]
- † Athleta crenulifer (Bayan, 1870)
- † Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018
- † Athleta depauperatus J. De C.Sowerby, 1823[3]
- † Athleta depressus (Lamarck, 1803)
- † Athleta digitalinus (Lamarck, 1810)
- † Athleta elevata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840)
- † Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923[3]
- † Athleta fabri (Deshayes, 1866)
- † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
- † Athleta fournigaulti Belliard & Gain, 2025
- † Athleta gabriellis (Benoist, 1874)
- † Athleta gandilloti (Chavan, 1941)
- † Athleta haueri (M. Hörnes, 1852)
- † Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909[3]
- † Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802[3]
- † Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014[3]
- † Athleta lata (Marwick, 1926)
- † Athleta lineolatus (Deshayes, 1835)
- † Athleta listerarum Le Renard, 1994
- † Athleta loubryi Kovács et al., 2026[4]
- † Athleta ludensis Périer, 1941
- † Athleta lyra (Lamarck, 1803)
- † Athleta maculosus Lozouet, 2019
- Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980)
- † Athleta marocanus Moret, 1938
- † Athleta maxencei Kovács et al., 2026[4]
- † Athleta marwicki P. A. Maxwell, 2003
- † Athleta memoirae Lozouet, 2019
- † Athleta mimica P. A. Maxwell, 2003
- † Athleta monstrosus (J. Sowerby, 1816)
- † Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835[3]
- † Athleta necopinata Suter, 1917
- †Athleta nikolaji Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018
- † Athleta nodifera (Koenen, 1885)
- † Athleta noetlingi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909)
- †Athleta permulticostatus (Telegdi-Roth, 1914)
- † Athleta peyreirensis Lozouet, 2019
- † Athleta pseudolyra (A. d'Orbigny, 1850)
- † Athleta rathieri (Hébert, 1849)
- † Athleta spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835[3]
- † Athleta subaffinis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- † Athleta szumzeri Kovács et al., 2026[4]
- † Athleta subambiguus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- † Athleta subelegans (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- † Athleta subinflatus (Moret, 1938)
- † Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766[3]
- † Athleta taikoensis P. A. Maxwell, 2003
- † Athleta telegdyi (Gaál, 1938)
- † Athleta tournoueri (Peyrot, 1928)
- † Athleta trisulcatus (Deshayes, 1835) †
- † Athleta wangerrip Darragh, 1971
- † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930[3]
Fossil species
[edit] | This article is missing information about Parentheses in this section "Fossil species" may be missing or incorrect.. (January 2018) |
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853[3]
- † Athleta fayiumensis Abbass, 1967[3] [citation needed]
subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890[3]
- † Athleta cithara Lamarck, 1802:[3] synonym of † Athleta citharoedus (Holten, 1802)
- † Athleta geminata Edwards, 1854[3] [citation needed]
Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:
- † Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870:[3] synonym of Athleta crenulifer (Bayan, 1870) (superseded combination)
- † Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810:[3] synonym of Athleta digitalinus (Lamarck, 1810) (superseded combination)
- † Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840:[3] synonym of Athleta elevata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) (superseded combination)
- † Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952[3] [citation needed]
- † Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758:[3] synonym of Pterygia scabricula (Linnaeus, 1758)
subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906[3]
- † Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839[3]
- † Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921[3]
- † Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823[3]
- † Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925[3]
- † Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829[3]
- † Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909[3]
- † Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925[3]
- † Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922[3]
- † Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952[3]
- † Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922[3]
subgenus ?
- † Athleta clayi[3]
- † Athleta daviesi Cox, 1930[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta haleanus[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta lisbonensis[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933:[3] synonym of † Volutocorbis olssoni (F. B. Plummer, 1933)
- † Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833[3] [citation needed]
- † Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854[3] [citation needed]
Synonyms
[edit]- Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848):[5] synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) (superseded combination)
- Athleta anticingulata (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Athleta anticingulata anticingulata (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Ternivoluta anticingulata anticingulata (McCoy, 1866) †
- Athleta antiscalaris (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antiscalaris (F. McCoy, 1866) †
- Athleta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) † (superseded combination)
- Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969): synonym of Capensisvoluta boswellae (Rehder, 1969) ( superseded combination)
- Athleta bungae Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta bungae (Darragh, 1971) † (superseded combination)
- Athleta curvicostata Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta curvicostata (Darragh, 1971) † (superseded combination)
- Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969): synonym of Capensisvoluta disparilis (Rehder, 1969) (superseded combination)
- Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta easoni (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) (original combination)
- Athleta emmanuelae (Rosso, 1985): synonym of Capensisvoluta emmanuelae (Rosso, 1985) (superseded combination)
- Athleta epigona (E. von Martens, 1904): synonym of Afriathleta epigona (E. von Martens, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Athleta gandilloti Chavan, 1941 †: synonym of Athleta gandilloti (Chavan, 1941) † (superseded combination)
- Athleta gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902): synonym of Nataliavoluta gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902) (superseded combination)
- Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971): synonym of Nataliavoluta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971) (superseded combination)
- Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979: synonym of Ternivoluta insperata (Darragh, 1979) (superseded combination)
- Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974): synonym of Afriathleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974) (superseded combination)
- Athleta lutosa (H. J. Koch, 1948): synonym of Capensisvoluta lutosa (H. J. Koch, 1948) (superseded combination)
- Athleta massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta massieri (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017)
- Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972): synonym of Nataliavoluta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972) (superseded combination)
- Athleta nana (Rehder, 1974): synonym of Nataliavoluta nana (Rehder, 1974) (superseded combination)
- Athleta nicklesi (Rosso, 1976): synonym of Capensisvoluta nicklesi (Rosso, 1976)
- † Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833:[3] synonym of † Volutovetus petrosus (Conrad, 1833)
- Athleta pisororum H. Morrison, 2006: synonym of Ternivoluta pisororum (H. Morrison, 2006)
- † Athleta rarispina (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
- Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981): synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) (superseded combination)
- Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981):[6] synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) (superseded combination)
- Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974):[7] synonym of Afriathleta semirugata (Rehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974) (superseded combination)
- Athleta spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) †: synonym of Athleta spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) † (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897):[8] synonym of Ternivoluta studeri (E. von Martens, 1897) (superseded combination)
- † Athleta subcrenulifera Darragh, 1971: synonym of † Ternivoluta subcrenulifera (Darragh, 1971) (superseded combination)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Athleta Conrad, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "†Athleta Conrad 1853 (volute)". Fossilworks, accessed 2 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kovács, Zoltán; Dominici, Stefano; Pacaud, Jean-Michel; Gurdon, István; Vicián, Zoltán (2026-03-05). "Eocene Gastropoda from the Transdanubian Paleogene Basin (Hungary) – New taxa, new occurrences, and taxonomical revisions". Bollettino Malacologico. 62 (1): 16–77. doi:10.53559/BollMalacol.2025.09.
- ↑ Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
- 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
- Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3–109
- 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.
External links
[edit]- 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(11-12): 448-449
- Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana. 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340
- Newton R.B. (1906). Note on Swainson's genus Volutilithes. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(2): 100-104, pl. 12
- Cotton, B. C. (1949). Australian Recent and Tertairy Mollusca, Family Volutidae. Records of the South Australian Museum. 9: 181-196
- Maxwell, P.A. (2003). The volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 33: 363-394
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