Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Volutospina
Parent taxon: Athleta according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
See also Harzhauser et al. 2009, Nagao 1928, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1921, Vredenburg 1925 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Athleta (Athleta), Athleta (Neoathleta), Athleta (Ternivoluta), Athleta (Volutocorbis), Athleta (Volutopupa), Athleta clayi, Athleta daviesi, Athleta ficulina, Athleta haleanus, Athleta laevgigata, Athleta lata, Athleta lisbonensis, Athleta lugardi, Athleta marwicki, Athleta mimica, Athleta necopinata, Athleta petrosa, Athleta pygmaea, Athleta rarispina, Athleta roddai, Athleta sayanus, Athleta symmetricus, Athleta taikoensis, Athleta wynnei
Subtaxa: Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Athleta (Volutospina) athleta Athleta (Volutospina) dentata Athleta (Volutospina) depauperatus Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi Athleta (Volutospina) japonica Athleta (Volutospina) luctator Athleta (Volutospina) mekranica Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai Athleta (Volutospina) nodosa Athleta (Volutospina) noetlingi Athleta (Volutospina) sindiensis Athleta (Volutospina) spinosa Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua Athleta (Volutospina) suspensus Volutospina conicoturrita Volutospina crassiuscula Volutospina kohatica Volutospina meridionalis Volutospina multispinosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (3 collections), Iran (1), Pakistan (7)
• Oligocene of Japan (1), Myanmar (3), Pakistan (2)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), France (4), Haiti (1), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (13), Nigeria (9), Pakistan (5), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (17)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (2), Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Poland (1)
Total: 86 collections including 121 occurrences