Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative combinations: Athleta cithara, Voluta cithara, Volutilithes cithara
Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:474-479
Belongs to Athleta (Neoathleta) according to Glibert 1960
See also Lamarck 1802 and Newton 1905
Sister taxa: Athleta (Neoathleta) barrandii, Athleta (Neoathleta) geminata, Athleta (Neoathleta) labrellus, Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus, Volutilithes (Neoathleta) uniplicata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Niger (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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