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Athleta petrosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta petrosa was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, Mexico.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Volutilithes petrosa by Conrad (1854), Clark (1895); it was recombined as Athleta petrosus by Kosnik (2002); it was recombined as Athleta petrosa by Palmer (1937), Harris and Palmer (1947), Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Voluta petrosa Conrad p. 29
1854Volutilithes petrosa Conrad p. 31
1895Volutilithes petrosa Clark p. 4
1937Athleta petrosa Palmer p. 372
1947Athleta petrosa Harris and Palmer p. 391
2002Athleta petrosus Kosnik
2006Athleta petrosa Perrilliat et al. p. 162

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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
speciespetrosa(Conrad 1833)

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 petrosa Conrad 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Rupelian or 59.24000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Athleta petrosa (52190 52191 52192 52196 52197 52198)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Volutilithes petrosa (84048)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Athleta petrosa (101126)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Athleta petrosa (91845) Athleta petrosus (7788 84325 84337 92392)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Athleta petrosa (83802) Athleta petrosus (81182 81191 83801)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Athleta petrosus (1435 1436 1439 1441 81224 81238)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Athleta petrosus (1455)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Athleta petrosus (1446)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Athleta petrosa (1452 1453 205223) Athleta petrosus (1449 1450 1451 205417 205421 205436 205440 205454 205478 205487 205496 205503 205520 205521 205527 205532 205533)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Athleta petrosa (99673) Athleta petrosus (2414 2415)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Athleta petrosus (2412 2413)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Colombia Athleta petrosa (88278)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Athleta petrosus (2452 7437 7438 7439 205264 205266 205267 205271 205410 205422 205424 205425 205426 205429 205430 205461 205477 205480 205481 205484 205485 205515 205531)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Athleta petrosus (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5335 6788 81266 81282 90600 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Athleta petrosus (44410 44517 44518 205501)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Athleta petrosa (90706 90707 90708 90709 91050 99736 99756) Athleta petrosus (2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2446 2449 2451 205508 205526)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Volutilithes petrosa (45500)