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Athleta (Volutospina) dentata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta dentata was named by Sowerby (1839) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Athleta (Volutospina) dentata by Vredenburg (1925) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonyms
  • Voluta sykesi was named by d'Archiac and Haime (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Athleta (Volutospina) dentata sykesi by Vredenburg (1925); it was synonymized subjectively with Athleta (Volutospina) dentata by Harzhauser et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Voluta dentata Sowerby figs. pl. 26, fig. 26
1854Voluta sykesi d'Archiac and Haime p. 324
1925Athleta (Volutospina) dentata Vredenburg p. 130
1925Athleta (Volutospina) dentata sykesi Vredenburg p. 133
2009Athleta (Volutospina) dentata Harzhauser et al. p. 353

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusAthletaConrad 1853
subgenusVolutospina(Newton 1906)
speciesdentata(Sowerby 1839)

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.

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Invalid names: Voluta sykesi d'Archiac and Haime 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available