†Athleta (Neoathleta) Bellardi 1890 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative spellings: Neoathleta, Volutilithes (Neoathleta)

Parent taxon: Athleta according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Adegoke 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Athleta (Athleta), Athleta (Ternivoluta), Athleta (Volutocorbis), Athleta (Volutopupa), Athleta (Volutospina), 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 (Neoathleta) barrandii Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Athleta (Neoathleta) geminata Athleta (Neoathleta) labrellus Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus Volutilithes (Neoathleta) gruneri

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (2 collections), France (4), Israel (1), Türkiye (2)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (4), France (3), Italy (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (4)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), Togo (2)

Total: 28 collections including 37 occurrences

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