Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Species Species within the genus Athleta include:
† Athleta acutinodula Belliard & Gain, 2025 † Athleta affinis (Brocchi, 1814) † Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766 † Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877 † Athleta baili Pacaud & Ledon, 2023 † Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865 † Athleta bicorona (Lamarck, 1803) † Athleta bulbulus (Lamarck, 1803) † Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923 † Athleta canaligera Staadt, 1913 † Athleta caunelha † Athleta cazesi † Athleta citharoedus (Holten, 1802) † Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014 † Athleta crenulifer (Bayan, 1870) † Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018 † Athleta depauperatus J. De C.Sowerby, 1823 † Athleta depressus (Lamarck, 1803) † Athleta digitalinus (Lamarck, 1810) † Athleta elevata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) † Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923 † Athleta fabri (Deshayes, 1866) † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811) † Athleta fournigaulti Belliard & Gain, 2025 † Athleta gabriellis (Benoist, 1874) † Athleta gandilloti (Chavan, 1941) † Athleta haueri (M. Hörnes, 1852) † Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909 † Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802 † Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014 † Athleta lata (Marwick, 1926) † Athleta lineolatus (Deshayes, 1835) † Athleta listerarum Le Renard, 1994 † Athleta loubryi † Athleta ludensis Périer, 1941 † Athleta lyra (Lamarck, 1803) † Athleta maculosus Lozouet, 2019 Athleta magister (Kilburn, 1980) † Athleta marocanus Moret, 1938 † Athleta maxencei † Athleta marwicki P. A. Maxwell, 2003 † Athleta memoirae Lozouet, 2019 † Athleta mimica P. A. Maxwell, 2003 † Athleta monstrosus (J. Sowerby, 1816) † Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835 † Athleta necopinata Suter, 1917 †Athleta nikolaji Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018 † Athleta nodifera (Koenen, 1885) † Athleta noetlingi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909) †Athleta permulticostatus (Telegdi-Roth, 1914) † Athleta peyreirensis Lozouet, 2019 † Athleta pseudolyra (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † Athleta rathieri (Hébert, 1849) † Athleta spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) † Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835 † Athleta subaffinis (d'Orbigny, 1852) † Athleta szumzeri † Athleta subambiguus (d'Orbigny, 1852) † Athleta subelegans (d'Orbigny, 1852) † Athleta subinflatus (Moret, 1938) † Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766 † Athleta taikoensis P. A. Maxwell, 2003 † Athleta telegdyi (Gaál, 1938) † Athleta tournoueri (Peyrot, 1928) † Athleta trisulcatus (Deshayes, 1835) † † Athleta wangerrip Darragh, 1971 † Athleta wynnei Cox, 1930
Fossil species
subgenus Athleta Conrad, 1853 † Athleta fayiumensis Abbass, 1967
subgenus † Neoathleta Bellardi, 1890 † Athleta cithara Lamarck, 1802: synonym of † Athleta citharoedus (Holten, 1802) † Athleta geminata Edwards, 1854
Sometimes the following species used to be recognized in the separate genus: † Volutocorbis humei Abbass, 1967 † Volutocorbis sohli Abbass, 1967 † Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870: synonym of Athleta crenulifer (Bayan, 1870) (superseded combination) † Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Athleta digitalinus (Lamarck, 1810) (superseded combination) † Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840: synonym of Athleta elevata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) (superseded combination) † Volutocorbis inornatus Oppenheim, 1906 † Volutocorbis lima Sowerby, 1823 † Volutocorbis minutus Perrilliat et al., 2006 † Volutocorbis pakistanica Eames, 1952 † Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Pterygia scabricula (Linnaeus, 1758)
subgenus Volutospina Newton, 1906
† Athleta dentata Sowerby, 1839 † Athleta jacobsi Vredenburg, 1921 † Athleta luctator Sowerby, 1823 † Athleta mekranica Vredenburg, 1925 † Athleta nodosa Sowerby, 1829 † Athleta noetlingi Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909 † Athleta sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925 † Volutospina conicoturrita Newton, 1922 † Volutospina kohatica Eames, 1952 † Volutospina multispinosa Newton, 1922
subgenus ? † Athleta clayi"†Athleta Conrad 1853 (volute)". Fossilworks, accessed 2 January 2018. † Athleta daviesi Cox, 1930 † Athleta haleanus † Athleta lisbonensis † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933: synonym of † Volutocorbis olssoni (F. B. Plummer, 1933) † Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922 † Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890 † Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833 † Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854
Synonyms Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848): synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) (superseded combination) Athleta anticingulata (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Athleta anticingulata anticingulata (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Ternivoluta anticingulata anticingulata (McCoy, 1866) † Athleta antiscalaris (F. McCoy, 1866) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antiscalaris (F. McCoy, 1866) † Athleta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) † (superseded combination) Athleta boswellae (Rehder, 1969): synonym of Capensisvoluta boswellae (Rehder, 1969) ( superseded combination) Athleta bungae Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta bungae (Darragh, 1971) † (superseded combination) Athleta curvicostata Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta curvicostata (Darragh, 1971) † (superseded combination) Athleta disparilis (Rehder, 1969): synonym of Capensisvoluta disparilis (Rehder, 1969) (superseded combination) Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta easoni (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) (original combination) Athleta emmanuelae (Rosso, 1985): synonym of Capensisvoluta emmanuelae (Rosso, 1985) (superseded combination) Athleta epigona (E. von Martens, 1904): synonym of Afriathleta epigona (E. von Martens, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination) Athleta gandilloti Chavan, 1941 †: synonym of Athleta gandilloti (Chavan, 1941) † (superseded combination) Athleta gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902): synonym of Nataliavoluta gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902) (superseded combination) Athleta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971): synonym of Nataliavoluta glabrata (Kilburn, 1971) (superseded combination) Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979: synonym of Ternivoluta insperata (Darragh, 1979) (superseded combination) Athleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974): synonym of Afriathleta kilburni (Rehder, 1974) (superseded combination) Athleta lutosa (H. J. Koch, 1948): synonym of Capensisvoluta lutosa (H. J. Koch, 1948) (superseded combination) Athleta massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta massieri (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) Athleta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972): synonym of Nataliavoluta mozambicana (Rehder, 1972) (superseded combination) Athleta nana (Rehder, 1974): synonym of Nataliavoluta nana (Rehder, 1974) (superseded combination) Athleta nicklesi (Rosso, 1976): synonym of Capensisvoluta nicklesi (Rosso, 1976) † Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833: synonym of † Volutovetus petrosus (Conrad, 1833) Athleta pisororum H. Morrison, 2006: synonym of Ternivoluta pisororum (H. Morrison, 2006) † Athleta rarispina (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of † Athleta ficulina (Lamarck, 1811) Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981): synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) (superseded combination) Athleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981): synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae (Rehder, 1981) (superseded combination) Athleta semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974): synonym of Afriathleta semirugata (Rehder & C. S. Weaver, 1974) (superseded combination) Athleta spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) †: synonym of Athleta spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) † (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) Athleta studeri (Martens, 1897): synonym of Ternivoluta studeri (E. von Martens, 1897) (superseded combination) † Athleta subcrenulifera Darragh, 1971: synonym of † Ternivoluta subcrenulifera (Darragh, 1971) (superseded combination)
References
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External links Conrad, T. A. (1853). Synopsis of the genera Cassidula, Humph., and of a proposed new genus Athleta. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(11-12): 448-449 Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana. 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340 Newton R.B. (1906). Note on Swainson's genus Volutilithes. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(2): 100-104, pl. 12 Cotton, B. C. (1949). Australian Recent and Tertairy Mollusca, Family Volutidae. Records of the South Australian Museum. 9: 181-196 Maxwell, P.A. (2003). The volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 33: 363-394