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Athleta (Neoathleta)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy

Neoathleta was named by Bellardi (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 614].

It was reranked as Volutilithes (Neoathleta) by Furon (1948); it was reranked as Athleta (Neoathleta) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Volutilithes by Furon (1948); to Athleta by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa

Athleta (Neoathleta) barrandii, Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara, Athleta (Neoathleta) geminata, Athleta (Neoathleta) labrellus, Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus, Volutilithes (Neoathleta) gruneri

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, Neoathleta listerarum, Neoathleta selseiensis, Neoathleta selsiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1890	Neoathleta Bellardi
1948	Volutilithes (Neoathleta) Furon
1995	Athleta (Neoathleta) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002	Neoathleta Sepkoski

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	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	Neoathleta	(Bellardi 1890)

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 (Neoathleta) Bellardi 1890

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†Athleta (Neoathleta) barrandii Deshayes 1865

†Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Lamarck 1802

†Athleta (Neoathleta) geminata Edwards 1854

†Athleta (Neoathleta) labrellus Lamarck 1802

†Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus Deshayes 1835

†Volutilithes (Neoathleta) gruneri Oppenheim 1915

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 Danian to the top of the Chattian or 66.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Belgium	Athleta graciosa, Athleta mariae (22931)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Niger	Volutilithes cithara (97596)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Nigeria	Volutilithes gruneri (7791)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Togo	Athleta gruneri (241238) Volutilithes gruneri (167948)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Poland	Athleta mutata (27019)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Neoathleta listerarum, Neoathleta selseiensis, Neoathleta mutatus (8124) Neoathleta listerarum, Neoathleta selsiensis (8125) Neoathleta selsiensis, Neoathleta cithara (8047)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Voluta labrella, Voluta cithara (184107)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Oise)	Athleta labrella, Athleta mutata (3494)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France	Athleta labrellus, Athleta mutatus, Athleta barrandei (78567)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Voluta geminata (39014)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Burgas)	Athleta suturalis (85445 102230)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Romania	Athleta mutata (102031)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	Athleta cithara (78565)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria	Athleta suturalis (103742)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Sliven)	Athleta suturalis (102363)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	France (Essonne)	Athleta rathieri (9076 9077 9098 9269)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Türkiye	Athleta affinis (111670)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Bulgaria (Kurdzhali)	Athleta suturalis (102287)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Bulgaria (Kyustendil)	Athleta suturalis (102292)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Israel	Neoathleta sp. (99564)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Türkiye	Athleta affinis (111679)