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Athleta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy

Athleta was named by Conrad (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi-u-l Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. Its type is Voluta rarispina.

It was reranked as Volutilithes (Athleta) by Bellardi (1890).

It was assigned to Volutilithes by Bellardi (1890); to Olividae by Wienrich (2001); to Volutidae by Nagao (1928), Harris and Palmer (1947), Abbass (1967), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fulgorariinae by Perrilliat et al. (2006); to Volutinae by Harzhauser (2004), Harzhauser (2007); and to Athletinae by Squires (1987), Wilson (1994), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Maxwell (2003), Harzhauser et al. (2009), Merle and Pacaud (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

A. arangia, A. bicorona, A. cormacki, A. graciosa, A. laevigata, A. subcrenulifera, A. tuomeyi, A. wheelockensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1853	Athleta Conrad
1890	Volutilithes (Athleta) Bellardi p. 15
1928	Athleta Nagao p. 118
1947	Athleta Harris and Palmer p. 391
1967	Athleta Abbass p. 113
1987	Athleta Squires p. 46
1994	Athleta Wilson p. 116
1995	Athleta Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2001	Athleta Harzhauser and Mandic p. 713
2001	Athleta Wienrich p. 508
2002	Athleta Sepkoski
2003	Athleta Maxwell p. 368
2004	Athleta Harzhauser p. 139
2006	Athleta Perrilliat et al. p. 162
2007	Athleta Harzhauser p. 107
2009	Athleta Harzhauser et al. p. 353
2014	Athleta Merle and Pacaud p. 118

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Athletinae	Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
genus	Athleta	Conrad 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Athleta Conrad 1853

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Subg. †Athleta (Athleta) Conrad 1853

†Athleta (Athleta) fayiumensis Abbass 1967

†Athleta (Athleta) strombiformis Deshayes 1835

Subg. †Athleta (Neoathleta) Bellardi 1890

†Athleta (Neoathleta) barrandii Deshayes 1865

†Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Lamarck 1802

†Athleta (Neoathleta) geminata Edwards 1854

†Athleta (Neoathleta) labrellus Lamarck 1802

†Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus Deshayes 1835

†Volutilithes (Neoathleta) uniplicata Furon 1948

Subg. Athleta (Ternivoluta) Martens 1897

†Ternivoluta antiscalaris McCoy 1866

Subg. Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890

†Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Vredenburg 1923

Invalid names: Athleta (Volutocorbis) victoriae Vredenburg 1923 [synonym], Volutocorbis soriensis Eames 1952 [synonym]

†Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae Vredenburg 1923

†Athleta (Volutocorbis) harnaiensis Cox 1931

†Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii Merle and Pacaud 2014

†Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei Cox 1930

Subg. Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890

†Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) humei Abbass 1967

†Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) sohli Abbass 1967

†Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan 1870

†Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck 1810

†Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby 1840

†Volutocorbis furoni Adegoke 1977

†Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim 1906

†Volutocorbis lima Sowerby 1823

†Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al. 2006

†Volutocorbis oregonensis Turner 1938

†Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames 1952

†Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758

†Volutocorbis virginiae Zinsmeister 1977

Subg. †Athleta (Volutopupa) Dall 1890

†Athleta (Volutopupa) citharopsis Merle and Pacaud 2014

†Athleta (Volutopupa) intercrenatus Cossmann and Pissarro 1909

Subg. Athleta (Volutospina) Newton 1906

†Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Solander in Brander 1766

†Athleta (Volutospina) athleta Solander in Brander 1877

†Athleta (Volutospina) dentata Sowerby 1839

Invalid names: Voluta sykesi d'Archiac and Haime 1854 [synonym]

†Athleta (Volutospina) depauperatus Sowerby 1823

†Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi Vredenburg 1921

†Athleta (Volutospina) japonica Nagao 1928

†Athleta (Volutospina) luctator Sowerby 1823

Invalid names: Voluta luctatrix Solander in Brander 1766 [replaced]

†Athleta (Volutospina) mekranica Vredenburg 1925

†Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai Nagao 1928

†Athleta (Volutospina) nodosa Sowerby 1829

†Athleta (Volutospina) noetlingi Cossmann and Pissarro 1909

†Athleta (Volutospina) sindiensis Vredenburg 1925

†Athleta (Volutospina) spinosa Linnaeus 1758

†Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua d'Orbigny 1852

†Athleta (Volutospina) suspensus Solander in Brander 1766

†Volutospina conicoturrita Newton 1922

†Volutospina crassiuscula Woods 1922

†Volutospina kohatica Eames 1952

†Volutospina meridionalis Woods 1922

†Volutospina multispinosa Newton 1922

†Athleta clayi

†Athleta daviesi Cox 1930

†Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811

†Athleta haleana jacksonia Harris and Palmer 1947

†Athleta haleanus

†Athleta laevgigata Traub 1938

†Athleta lata Marwick 1926

†Athleta lisbonensis

†Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer 1933

†Athleta lugardi Newton 1922

†Athleta marwicki Maxwell 2003

†Athleta mimica Maxwell 2003

†Athleta necopinata Suter 1917

†Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833

†Athleta pygmaea Bellardi 1890

†Athleta rarispina Lamarck 1811

†Athleta roddai Squires 1987

†Athleta sayanus Conrad 1833

†Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854

†Athleta taikoensis Maxwell 2003

†Athleta wynnei Cox 1930

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	69	13.2	3.50	32.0	14.5	5.27

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:23:59

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:23:59

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Piacenzian or 70.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (572 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Austria (Lower Austria)	Volutocorbis sp. (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Egypt (Western Desert)	Volutocorbis desertorum (3154)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Poland	Volutospina kasimiri (27822)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	USA (Texas)	Volutocorbis olssoni, Volutocorbis sp. (84474) Volutocorbis rugatus (86419) Volutocorbis rugatus, Volutocorbis texanus (86330) Volutocorbis sp. (86406 86414 86437 86442 86464 86465 86466) Volutocorbis sp., Volutocorbis rugatus (86460)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	Egypt (Western Desert)	Volutospina khargensis (3142 3146)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Mexico (Nuevo Leon)	Volutospina corvocada (42895)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Greenland	Volutocorbis sp. (22943)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Tennessee)	Volutocorbis rugatus (90675 91897)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Poland	Volutospina elevata (27625)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Alabama)	Volutocorbis rugatus (2859 90604 90613)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Mexico	Volutocorbis crassitesta (47948)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Texas)	A. sp. (205464) Volutocorbis rugatus, Volutocorbis limopsis, Volutocorbis texanus (85315) Volutocorbis rugatus, Volutocorbis texanus (91802) Volutocorbis sp. B (91801) Volutocorbis texana (205260 205261) Volutocorbis texanus (5585 5587 5590 5593 5594 5595 5597 5598 5601 5602 84467 84468 91776 91778 91803 91832 91893 98701 98822 99052 108440 109125 205466)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (New Jersey)	Volutocorbis sp. (26820)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Belgium	A. graciosa, A. mariae, A. elevata (22931)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.2	USA (Texas)	Volutocorbis kerensensis (91842) Volutocorbis limposis (98708 98739 98740 98860 99003 108736 109127 109129 109130) Volutocorbis sp. A, Volutocorbis limposis (92205) Volutocorbis texanus (91775 98727 108437) Volutocorbis texanus, Volutocorbis limposis (91779)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	Volutocorbis rugatus (90601 90611 90614)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene	66.0 - 58.7	USA (Texas)	A. sp. (86342) A. sp., Volutocorbis sp. (86307) Volutocorbis rugatus (86190 86328) Volutocorbis sp. (86281 86418 86427 86438 86461 86468 86470) Volutocorbis sp., Volutocorbis texanus (86304) Volutocorbis texanus (86462)
Danian - Thanetian	66.0 - 56.0	USA (Louisiana)	A. petrosa (52190 52191 52192 52196 52197 52198)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Austria (Salzburg)	A. laevigata, A. elevata (84335)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Niger	Volutilithes cithara (97596)