Athleta Conrad 1853

Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Athleta include:

• Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848)^[3]
• † Athleta affinis (Brocchi, 1814)
• Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969)^[4]
• † Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018
• Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969)^[5]
• Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017
• Athleta epigona (Martens, 1904)^[6]
• † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811)
• † Athleta gabriellis (Benoist, 1874)
• Athleta gilchristi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1902)^[7]
• Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971)^[8]
• Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979^[9]
• Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974)^[10]
• † Athleta lata (Marwick, 1926)
• Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948)^[11]
• † Athleta maculosus Lozouet, 2019
• Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980)
• † Athleta marwicki P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• † Athleta memoirae Lozouet, 2019
• † Athleta mimica P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972)^[12]
• Athleta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)^[13]
• † Athleta necopinata Suter, 1917
• †Athleta permulticostatus (Telegdi-Roth, 1914)
• † Athleta peyreirensis Lozouet, 2019
• Athleta pisororum H. Morrison, 2006
• † Athleta rathieri (Hébert, 1849)
• Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981)^[14]
• Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)^[15]
• Athleta pisororum Morrison, 2006^[16]
• † Athleta spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897)^[17]
• † Athleta subaffinis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• † Athleta subambiguus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• † Athleta subelegans (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• Athleta taikoensis P. A. Maxwell, 2003
• † Athleta telegdyi (Gaál, 1938)
• † Athleta tournoueri (Peyrot, 1928)

subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853

subgenus Ternivoluta Martens, 1897^[18]

Fossil species

subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853^[19]

• † Athleta fayiumensis Abbass, 1967^[19]
• † Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835^[19]

subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890^[19]

• † Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865^[19]
• † Athleta cithara Lamarck, 1802^[19]
• † Athleta geminata Edwards, 1854^[19]
• † Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802^[19]
• † Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835^[19]

subgenus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890^[19]

• † Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923^[19]
• † Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923^[19]
• † Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014^[19]
• † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930^[19]

Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:

• † Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967^[19]
• † Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967^[19]
• † Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870^[19]
• † Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810^[19]
• † Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840^[19]
• † Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906^[19]
• † Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823^[19]
• † Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006^[19]
• † Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952^[19]
• † Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758^[19]

subgenus † Volutopupa Dall, 1890^[19]

• † Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014^[19]
• † Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909^[19]

subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906^[19]

• † Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766^[19]
• † Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877^[19]
• † Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839^[19]
• † Athleta depauperatus Sowerby, 1823^[19]
• † Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921^[19]
• † Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823^[19]
• † Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925^[19]
• † Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829^[19]
• † Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909^[19]
• † Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925^[19]
• † Athleta spinosa Linnaeus, 1758^[19]
• † Athleta subambigua d'Orbigny, 1852^[19]
• † Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766^[19]
• † Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922^[19]
• † Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952^[19]
• † Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922^[19]

subgenus ?

• † Athleta clayi^[19]
• † Athleta daviesi Cox, 1930^[19]
• † Athleta ficulina Lamarck, 1811^[19]
• † Athleta haleanus^[19]
• † Athleta lisbonensis^[19]
  • † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933^[19]
• † Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922^[19]
• † Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833^[19]
• † Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890^[19]
• † Athleta rarispina Lamarck, 1811^[19]
• † Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833^[19]
• † Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854^[19]
• † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930^[19]

References

• Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography; Zootaxa, 3826 (1) : 101-138, fig. 1-12. , 2014