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Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Taxonomy
Volutocorbis was named by Dall (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Athleta (Volutocorbis) by Dall (1890) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
It was assigned to Volutidae by Turner (1938), Abbass (1967) and Iqbal (1973); to Volutinae by Adegoke (1977); to Athletinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fulgorariinae by Perrilliat et al. (2006); and to Athleta by Dall (1890) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
It was reranked as Athleta (Volutocorbis) by Dall (1890) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
It was assigned to Volutidae by Turner (1938), Abbass (1967) and Iqbal (1973); to Volutinae by Adegoke (1977); to Athletinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fulgorariinae by Perrilliat et al. (2006); and to Athleta by Dall (1890) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
Subtaxa
Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni (syn. Athleta (Volutocorbis) victoriae, Volutocorbis soriensis), Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae, Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii, Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei, Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis), Volutocorbis crenulifera, Volutocorbis digitalina, Volutocorbis elevata, Volutocorbis furoni, Volutocorbis inornatus, Volutocorbis lima, Volutocorbis minutus, Volutocorbis oregonensis, Volutocorbis pakistanica, Volutocorbis scabricula, Volutocorbis virginiae
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall |
| 1890 | Volutocorbis Dall p. 75 |
| 1938 | Volutocorbis Turner p. 73 |
| 1967 | Volutocorbis Abbass p. 111 |
| 1973 | Volutocorbis Iqbal p. 26 |
| 1977 | Volutocorbis Adegoke p. 199 |
| 1995 | Volutocorbis Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166 |
| 2002 | Volutocorbis Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Volutocorbis Perrilliat et al. p. 162 |
| 2014 | Athleta (Volutocorbis) Merle and Pacaud p. 121 |
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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.
Subg. Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890
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†Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Vredenburg 1923
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Invalid names: Athleta (Volutocorbis) victoriae Vredenburg 1923 [synonym], Volutocorbis soriensis Eames 1952 [synonym]
†Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae Vredenburg 1923
†Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei Cox 1930
Subg. Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890
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†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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 67 | 13.6 | 3.50 | 32.0 | 14.8 | 5.07 |
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 70.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (181 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Austria (Lower Austria) | Volutocorbis sp. (226428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Volutocorbis desertorum (3154) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | 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) | |
| Danian | Belgium | Athleta elevata (22931) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | 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 | USA (New Jersey) | Volutocorbis sp. (26820) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis rugatus (2859 90604 90613) | |
| Danian | Greenland | Volutocorbis sp. (22943) | |
| Danian | Poland | Volutospina elevata (27625) | |
| Danian | USA (Tennessee) | Volutocorbis rugatus (90675 91897) | |
| Danian | Mexico | Volutocorbis crassitesta (47948) | |
| Danian - Selandian | 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 | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis rugatus (90601 90611 90614) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis rugatus (86190 86328) Volutocorbis sp. (86281 86307 86418 86427 86438 86461 86468 86470) Volutocorbis sp., Volutocorbis texanus (86304) Volutocorbis texanus (86462) | |
| Paleocene | Denmark | Volutocorbis nodifera (3121) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis rugatus (2923) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Athleta elevata (84335) | |
| Paleocene | Germany | Volutocorbis nodifera (3115 3116) | |
| Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis olssoni (91794) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis olssoni (84646) Volutocorbis olssoni, Volutocorbis sp. (84651) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis rugatus (85562) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis limopsis (2915) Volutocorbis limopsis, Volutocorbis rugatus (2916 2917 2918 84469 84471 90606 90607 205452 205499) Volutocorbis rugatus (86175 86184 90605 90608) Volutocorbis rugatus, Volutocorbis limopsis (2919) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | Volutocorbis furoni (7791) | |
| Selandian | Greenland | Volutocorbis sp. (22944 22945) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | Athleta wynnei (52132) | |
| Selandian - Ypresian | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Volutocorbis sp. C (91881) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | Volutocorbis virginiae (205554) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Volutocorbis abbotti (101328) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis olssoni (205514) Volutocorbis olssoni, Volutocorbis sp. (205455) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Maryland) | Volutocorbis limopsis (98702) | |
| Thanetian | Pakistan | Athleta burtoni (184082 184084 184085) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | Athleta elevata (27018 27019 27020) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | Athleta elevata (77608) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis sp. (205272) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis stenzeli (7788 7789 83950 84325 84337 91805) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Volutocorbis elevata (3266 3267) | |
| Ypresian | Pakistan | Athleta eugeniae, Athleta lasharii, Athleta wynnei (184086) Volutocorbis harnaiensis (145131) Volutocorbis soriensis (183845) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | Volutocorbis oregonensis (200748 200792) Volutocorbis sp., Volutocorbis oregonensis (200799) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria | Volutocorbis multispinosa (41394) Volutocorbis sp. (46260) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria (Imo) | Volutocorbis multispinosa (42655) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis stenzeli (89948) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Volutocorbis elevata (3262) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Volutocorbis digitalina (3257) | |
| Lutetian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Volutocorbis minutus (79943) | |
| Lutetian | France | Volutocorbis elevata (171532) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis stenzeli (205223 205416 205520 205521 205533) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Volutocorbis digitalina (8124 8125) | |
| Lutetian | France (Yvelines) | Volutocorbis bicorona (177970) | |
| Lutetian | Bulgaria (Vidin) | Athleta elevata (102295) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | Volutocorbis pakistanica (183847 183849 183936) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (New Jersey) | Volutocorbis cancellatus (91760) | |
| Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Volutocorbis scabricula (3263) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | Volutocorbis digitalina (78745 79524) Volutocorbis ptychochilus (70082) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Volutocorbis sp. (205266 205410 205422 205430 205480) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Volutocorbis rugatus (98256) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Athleta scabricula (3494) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Voluta scabricula (40523) Volutocorbis scabriculus (42636 42639) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Volutocorbis petrosus (92485 92487 92489) | |
| Bartonian | Egypt | Volutocorbis humei, Volutocorbis sohli (2959) | |
| Bartonian | France | Volutocorbis digitalina, Athleta elevatus (78567) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | Volutocorbis crenulifera (78565) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Voluta lima (39695) Volutocorbis scabriculus (42640) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Pakistan | Volutocorbis soriensis (77396) |