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Athleta (Volutospina) athleta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy

Strombus athleta was named by Solander in Brander (1877) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe. ]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Athleta athleta by Staad and Cossmann (1913); it was recombined as Athleta (Volutospina) athleta by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. arangia, A. arangius, A. besanconi, A. bicorona, A. cithara, A. cormacki, A. dalli, A. graciosa, A. halaenus, A. laevigata, A. nodifera, A. ochsei, A. petrosa, A. petrosus, A. rathieri, A. subambiguus, A. triplicatus, A. tuomeyi, A. wangerrip, A. wheelockensis, A. ficulina, A. pyrulaeformis, A. affinis, A. graciosa, A. mariae, A. rathieri, A. suturalis, A. antiscalaris, A. anticingulata, A. anticingulata, A. anticingulata, A. anticingulata, A. antiscalaris, A. antiscalaris, A. craticula, A. curvirostata, A. subcrenulifera, A. citharoedus, A. ambiqua, A. sykesi, Volutospina ambigua, Volutospina calva, Volutospina clayi, 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 corvocada, Volutospina tuomeyi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Strombus athleta Solander in Brander
1913	Athleta athleta Staad and Cossmann
1995	Athleta (Volutospina) athleta Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Athletinae	Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
genus	Athleta	Conrad 1853
subgenus	Volutospina	(Newton 1906)
species	athleta	(Solander in Brander 1877)

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 (Volutospina) athleta Solander in Brander 1877

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Athleta athleta (171535)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Athleta athleta (8047)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Volutospina athleta (42636 42639 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Volutospina athleta (42640 42658)