Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]
Athleta Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent
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Athleta ficulina, a fossil species from Miocene | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Athleta Conrad, 1853[1] |
Type species | |
† Voluta rarispina Lamarck, 1811 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Species within the genus Athleta include:
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853
subgenus Ternivoluta Martens, 1897[18]
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853[19]
subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890[19]
subgenus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890[19]
Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:
subgenus † Volutopupa Dall, 1890[19]
subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906[19]
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