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Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta cithara was named by Lamarck (1802) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Volutilithes cithara by Newton (1905); it was recombined as Athleta cithara by Abrard (1925); it was recombined as Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara by Glibert (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Voluta cithara Lamarck p. 476 figs. velin 2, fig 11
1905Volutilithes cithara Newton p. 89 figs. Pl 5, fig 2
1925Athleta cithara Abrard
1960Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Glibert p. 54

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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
subgenusNeoathleta(Bellardi 1890)
speciescithara()

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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Diagnosis
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