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Athleta rarispina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta rarispina was named by Lamarck (1811) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; France.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Athleta.

It was recombined as Athleta rarispina by Conrad (1853).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Voluta rarispina Lamarck
1853Athleta rarispina Conrad

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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
speciesrarispina(Lamarck 1811)

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 rarispina Lamarck 1811
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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 Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Athleta rarispina (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Athleta rarispina (8211)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Athleta rarispina (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Athleta rarispina (179777)