Athleta

Athleta
Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent
Athleta ficulina, a fossil species from Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Athleta (Athleta) Conrad, 1853· accepted, alternate representation
  • Athleta (Neoathleta) Sacco, 1890 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Athleta (Oligoathleta) Lozouet, 2019 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Athleta (Ternivoluta) Martens, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
  • Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall, 1890 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Athleta (Volutospina) Newton, 1906 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Notoplejona Marwick, 1926
  • Voluta (Ternivoluta) Martens, 1897
  • Volutilithes (Neoathleta) Sacco, 1890
  • Volutilithes (Volutocorbis) Dall, 1890 (original rank)
  • Volutocorbis Dall, 1890
  • Volutospina Newton, 1906 (original rank)
  • Volutospina (Athleta) Conrad, 1853

Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Athleta include:

subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853

subgenus Ternivoluta Martens, 1897[17]

Fossil species

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subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853[18]

subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890[18]

subgenus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890[18]

Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:

subgenus † Volutopupa Dall, 1890[18]

subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906[18]

subgenus ?

Synonyms

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  • Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848):[19] synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) (superseded combination)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  • Athleta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) † (superseded combination)
  • Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969): synonym of Capensisvoluta boswellae (Rehder, 1969) ( superseded combination)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 rarispina (Lamarck, 1811) †: synonym of Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981): synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) (superseded combination)
  • Athleta semirugata (Rehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974): 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 (E. von Martens, 1897): synonym of Ternivoluta studeri (E. von Martens, 1897) (superseded combination)
  • Athleta subcrenulifera Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta subcrenulifera (Darragh, 1971) † (superseded combination)

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Athleta Conrad, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Athleta epigona (Martens, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Athleta gilchristi (Sowerby III, 1902). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. ^ Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ Athleta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. ^ Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. ^ Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. ^ Athleta pisororum Morrison, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. ^ Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be "†Athleta Conrad 1853 (volute)". Fossilworks, accessed 2 January 2018.
  19. ^ Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848). 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.
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