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Athleta mimica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Athleta mimica was named by Maxwell (2003). Its type specimen is TM 8245, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waihao River [general], which is in a Bortonian/Kaiatan marine horizon in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Athleta mimica Maxwell p. 383 figs. Fig. 25, 26

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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
speciesmimica

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.

†Athleta mimica Maxwell 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available