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Athleta (Volutospina)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutospina was named by Newton (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Athleta (Volutospina) by Vredenburg (1921), Vredenburg (1925), Nagao (1928), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Harzhauser et al. (2009), Merle and Pacaud (2014).

It was assigned to Volutidae by Woods (1922); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Athleta by Vredenburg (1921), Vredenburg (1925), Nagao (1928), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Harzhauser et al. (2009), Merle and Pacaud (2014).

Subtaxa
Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus, Athleta (Volutospina) athleta, Athleta (Volutospina) dentata (syn. Voluta sykesi), Athleta (Volutospina) depauperatus, Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi, Athleta (Volutospina) japonica, Athleta (Volutospina) luctator (syn. Voluta luctatrix), 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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Athleta affinis, Athleta ambiqua, Athleta anticingulata, Athleta anticingulata, Athleta anticingulata, Athleta anticingulata, Athleta antiscalaris, Athleta antiscalaris, Athleta antiscalaris, Athleta arangia, Athleta arangius, Athleta besanconi, Athleta bicorona, Athleta cithara, Athleta citharoedus, Athleta cormacki, Athleta craticula, Athleta curvirostata, Athleta dalli, Athleta ficulina, Athleta graciosa, Athleta graciosa, Athleta halaenus, Athleta laevigata, Athleta mariae, Athleta nodifera, Athleta ochsei, Athleta petrosa, Athleta petrosus, Athleta pyrulaeformis, Athleta rathieri, Athleta rathieri, Athleta subambiguus, Athleta subcrenulifera, Athleta suturalis, Athleta sykesi, Athleta triplicatus, Athleta tuomeyi, Athleta wangerrip, Athleta wheelockensis, Volutospina ambigua, Volutospina athleta, Volutospina calva, Volutospina clayi, Volutospina corvocada, Volutospina depauperata, Volutospina horrida, Volutospina kasimiri, Volutospina khargensis, Volutospina lapparoides, Volutospina lucta, Volutospina lucta, Volutospina luctatrix, Volutospina pugil, Volutospina scalaris, Volutospina solandri, Volutospina suspensa, Volutospina symmetrica, Volutospina tuomeyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Volutospina Newton
1921Athleta (Volutospina) Vredenburg p. 286
1922Volutospina Woods p. 101
1925Athleta (Volutospina) Vredenburg p. 126
1928Athleta (Volutospina) Nagao p. 118
1995Athleta (Volutospina) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002Volutospina Sepkoski
2009Athleta (Volutospina) Harzhauser et al. p. 353
2014Athleta (Volutospina) Merle and Pacaud p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusAthletaConrad 1853
subgenusVolutospina(Newton 1906)

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 (Volutospina) Newton 1906
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†Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Solander in Brander 1766
†Athleta (Volutospina) athleta Solander in Brander 1877
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Invalid names: Voluta sykesi d'Archiac and Haime 1854 [synonym]
†Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi Vredenburg 1921
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Invalid names: Voluta luctatrix Solander in Brander 1766 [replaced]
†Athleta (Volutospina) noetlingi Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
†Athleta (Volutospina) suspensus Solander in Brander 1766
†Volutospina kohatica Eames 1952
†Volutospina multispinosa Newton 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available