Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Species
Species within the genus Athleta include:
- â Athleta acutinodula <small>Belliard & Gain, 2025</small>
- â Athleta affinis <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small>
- â Athleta ambiguus <small>Solander in Brander, 1766</small>
- â Athleta athleta <small>Solander in Brander, 1877</small>
- â Athleta baili <small>Pacaud & Ledon, 2023</small>
- â Athleta barrandii <small>Deshayes, 1865</small>
- â Athleta bicorona <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Athleta bulbulus <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Athleta burtoni <small>Vredenburg, 1923</small>
- â Athleta canaligera <small>Staadt, 1913</small>
- â Athleta citharoedus <small>(Holten, 1802)</small>
- â Athleta citharopsis <small>Merle & Pacaud, 2014</small>
- â Athleta crenulifer <small>(Bayan, 1870)</small>
- â Athleta delvallei <small>Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018</small>
- â Athleta depauperatus <small>J. De C.Sowerby, 1823</small>
- â Athleta depressus <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Athleta digitalinus <small>(Lamarck, 1810)</small>
- â Athleta elevata <small>(J. De C. Sowerby, 1840)</small>
- â Athleta eugeniae <small>Vredenburg, 1923</small>
- â Athleta fabri <small>(Deshayes, 1866)</small>
- â Athleta ficulina <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>
- â Athleta fournigaulti <small>Belliard & Gain, 2025</small>
- â Athleta gabriellis <small>(Benoist, 1874)</small>
- â Athleta gandilloti <small>(Chavan, 1941)</small>
- â Athleta haueri <small>(M. Hörnes, 1852)</small>
- â Athleta intercrenatus <small>Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909</small>
- â Athleta labrellus <small>Lamarck, 1802</small>
- â Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014
- â Athleta lata <small>(Marwick, 1926)</small>
- â Athleta lineolatus <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>
- â Athleta listerarum <small>Le Renard, 1994</small>
- â Athleta ludensis <small>Périer, 1941</small>
- â Athleta lyra <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Athleta maculosus <small>Lozouet, 2019</small>
- Athleta magister <small>(Kilburn, 1980)</small>
- â Athleta marocanus <small>Moret, 1938</small>
- â Athleta marwicki <small>P. A. Maxwell, 2003</small>
- â Athleta memoirae <small>Lozouet, 2019</small>
- â Athleta mimica <small>P. A. Maxwell, 2003</small>
- â Athleta monstrosus <small>(J. Sowerby, 1816)</small>
- â Athleta mutatus <small>Deshayes, 1835</small>
- â Athleta necopinata <small>Suter, 1917</small>
- â Athleta nikolaji <small>Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018</small> âÂÂ
- â Athleta nodifera <small>(Koenen, 1885)</small>
- â Athleta noetlingi <small>(Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909)</small>
- â Athleta permulticostatus <small>(Telegdi-Roth, 1914)</small>
- â Athleta peyreirensis <small>Lozouet, 2019</small>
- â Athleta pseudolyra <small>(A. d'Orbigny, 1850)</small>
- â Athleta rathieri <small>(Hébert, 1849)</small>
- â Athleta spinosus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- â Athleta strombiformis <small>Deshayes, 1835</small>
- â Athleta subaffinis <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>
- â Athleta subambiguus <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>
- â Athleta subelegans <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>
- â Athleta subinflatus <small>(Moret, 1938)</small>
- â Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766
- â Athleta taikoensis <small>P. A. Maxwell, 2003</small>
- â Athleta telegdyi <small>(Gaál, 1938)</small>
- â Athleta tournoueri <small>(Peyrot, 1928)</small>
- â Athleta trisulcatus <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small> âÂÂ
- â Athleta wangerrip <small>Darragh, 1971</small>
- â Athleta wynnei <small>Cox, 1930</small>
Fossil species
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853
subgenus â Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890
Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus:
- â Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967
- â Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967
- â Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870: synonym of Athleta crenulifer <small>(Bayan, 1870)</small> (superseded combination)
- â Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Athleta digitalinus <small>(Lamarck, 1810)</small> (superseded combination)
- â Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840: synonym of Athleta elevata <small>(J. De C. Sowerby, 1840)</small> (superseded combination)
- â Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906
- â Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823
- â Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006
- â Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952
- â Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Pterygia scabricula <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906
- â Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839
- â Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921
- â Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823
- â Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925
- â Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829
- â Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909
- â Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925
- â Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922
- â Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952
- â Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922
subgenus ?
Synonyms
- Athleta abyssicola <small>(Adams & Reeve, 1848)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola <small>(A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta anticingulata <small>(F. McCoy, 1866)</small> â : synonym of Athleta anticingulata anticingulata <small>(F. McCoy, 1866)</small> â : synonym of Ternivoluta anticingulata anticingulata <small>(McCoy, 1866)</small> âÂÂ
- Athleta antiscalaris <small>(F. McCoy, 1866)</small> â : synonym of Ternivoluta antiscalaris <small>(F. McCoy, 1866)</small> âÂÂ
- Athleta antispinosa <small>(Tate, 1899)</small> â : synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa <small>(Tate, 1899)</small> â (superseded combination)
- Athleta boswellae <small>(Rehder, 1969)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta boswellae <small>(Rehder, 1969)</small> ( superseded combination)
- Athleta bungae <small>Darragh, 1971</small> â : synonym of Ternivoluta bungae <small>(Darragh, 1971)</small> â (superseded combination)
- Athleta curvicostata <small>Darragh, 1971</small> â : synonym of Ternivoluta curvicostata <small>(Darragh, 1971)</small> â (superseded combination)
- Athleta disparilis <small>(Rehder, 1969)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta disparilis <small>(Rehder, 1969)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta easoni <small>Petuch & Berschauer, 2017</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta easoni <small>(Petuch & Berschauer, 2017)</small> (original combination)
- Athleta emmanuelae <small>(Rosso, 1985)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta emmanuelae <small>(Rosso, 1985)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta epigona <small>(E. von Martens, 1904)</small>: synonym of Afriathleta epigona <small>(E. von Martens, 1904)</small> (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Athleta gandilloti <small>Chavan, 1941</small> â : synonym of Athleta gandilloti <small>(Chavan, 1941)</small> â (superseded combination)
- Athleta gilchristi <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)</small>: synonym of Nataliavoluta gilchristi <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta glabrata <small>(Kilburn, 1971)</small>: synonym of Nataliavoluta glabrata <small>(Kilburn, 1971)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta insperata <small>Darragh, 1979</small>: synonym of Ternivoluta insperata <small>(Darragh, 1979)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta kilburni <small>(Rehder, 1974)</small>: synonym of Afriathleta kilburni <small>(Rehder, 1974)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta lutosa <small>(H. J. Koch, 1948)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta lutosa <small>(H. J. Koch, 1948)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta massieri <small>Petuch & Berschauer, 2017</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta massieri <small>(Petuch & Berschauer, 2017)</small>
- Athleta mozambicana <small>(Rehder, 1972)</small>: synonym of Nataliavoluta mozambicana <small>(Rehder, 1972)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta nana <small>(Rehder, 1974)</small>: synonym of Nataliavoluta nana <small>(Rehder, 1974)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta nicklesi <small>(Rosso, 1976)</small>: synonym of Capensisvoluta nicklesi <small>(Rosso, 1976)</small>
- â Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833: synonym of â Volutovetus petrosus <small>(Conrad, 1833)</small>
- Athleta pisororum <small>H. Morrison, 2006</small>: synonym of Ternivoluta pisororum <small>(H. Morrison, 2006)</small>
- â Athleta rarispina <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>: synonym of â Athleta ficulina <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>
- Athleta rosavittoriae <small>(Rehder, 1981)</small>: synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae <small>(Rehder, 1981)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta rosavittoriae <small>(Rehder, 1981)</small>: synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae <small>(Rehder, 1981)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974): synonym of Afriathleta semirugata <small>(Rehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974)</small> (superseded combination)
- Athleta spinosa <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â : synonym of Athleta spinosus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897): synonym of Ternivoluta studeri <small>(E. von Martens, 1897)</small> (superseded combination)
- â Athleta subcrenulifera <small>Darragh, 1971</small>: synonym of â Ternivoluta subcrenulifera <small>(Darragh, 1971)</small> (superseded combination)
References
- Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
- 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
- Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3âÂÂ109
- Veldsman, S.G. & Veldsman, J.H. (V.). (2022). A taxonomic revision of the Volutidae of southern Africa, including the description of three new genera and several new species. Visaya. suppl. 17: 1-168.
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