Athleta

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
† Athleta ambiguus Solander in Brander, 1766
† Athleta athleta Solander in Brander, 1877
† Athleta baili Pacaud & Ledon, 2023
† Athleta barrandii Deshayes, 1865
† Athleta bicorona
† Athleta bulbulus
† Athleta burtoni Vredenburg, 1923
† Athleta canaligera Staadt, 1913
† Athleta citharoedus
† Athleta citharopsis Merle & Pacaud, 2014
† Athleta crenulifer
† Athleta delvallei Astibia, Merle & Pacaud, 2018
† Athleta depauperatus J. De C.Sowerby, 1823
† Athleta depressus
† Athleta digitalinus
† Athleta elevata
† Athleta eugeniae Vredenburg, 1923
† Athleta fabri
† Athleta ficulina
† Athleta fournigaulti Belliard & Gain, 2025
† Athleta gabriellis
† Athleta gandilloti
† Athleta haueri
† Athleta intercrenatus Cossmann & Pissarro, 1909
† Athleta labrellus Lamarck, 1802
† Athleta lasharii Merle & Pacaud, 2014
† Athleta lata
† Athleta lineolatus
† Athleta listerarum Le Renard, 1994
† Athleta ludensis Périer, 1941
† Athleta lyra
† Athleta maculosus Lozouet, 2019 Athleta magister
† Athleta marocanus Moret, 1938
† Athleta marwicki P. A. Maxwell, 2003
† Athleta memoirae Lozouet, 2019
† Athleta mimica P. A. Maxwell, 2003
† Athleta monstrosus
† Athleta mutatus Deshayes, 1835
† Athleta necopinata Suter, 1917
†Athleta nikolaji Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018 †
† Athleta nodifera
† Athleta noetlingi
†Athleta permulticostatus
† Athleta peyreirensis Lozouet, 2019
† Athleta pseudolyra
† Athleta rathieri
† Athleta spinosus
† Athleta strombiformis Deshayes, 1835
† Athleta subaffinis
† Athleta subambiguus
† Athleta subelegans
† Athleta subinflatus
† Athleta suspensus Solander in Brander, 1766
† Athleta taikoensis P. A. Maxwell, 2003
† Athleta telegdyi
† Athleta tournoueri
† Athleta trisulcatus †
† 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
† 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
† Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Athleta digitalinus
† Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840: synonym of Athleta elevata
† 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

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 daviesi Cox, 1930
† Athleta haleanus
† Athleta lisbonensis
* † Athleta lisbonensis forma crockettensis Plummer, 1933: synonym of † Volutocorbis olssoni
† Athleta lugardi Newton, 1922
† Athleta pygmaea Bellardi, 1890
† Athleta sayanus Conrad, 1833
† Athleta symmetricus Conrad, 1854

Synonyms

Athleta abyssicola : synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola Athleta anticingulata †: synonym of Athleta anticingulata anticingulata †: synonym of Ternivoluta anticingulata anticingulata †Athleta antiscalaris †: synonym of Ternivoluta antiscalaris †Athleta antispinosa †: synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa † Athleta boswellae : synonym of Capensisvoluta boswellae Athleta bungae Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta bungae † Athleta curvicostata Darragh, 1971 †: synonym of Ternivoluta curvicostata † Athleta disparilis : synonym of Capensisvoluta disparilis Athleta easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta easoni Athleta emmanuelae : synonym of Capensisvoluta emmanuelae Athleta epigona : synonym of Afriathleta epigona Athleta gandilloti Chavan, 1941 †: synonym of Athleta gandilloti † Athleta gilchristi : synonym of Nataliavoluta gilchristi Athleta glabrata : synonym of Nataliavoluta glabrata Athleta insperata Darragh, 1979: synonym of Ternivoluta insperata Athleta kilburni : synonym of Afriathleta kilburni Athleta lutosa : synonym of Capensisvoluta lutosa Athleta massieri Petuch & Berschauer, 2017: synonym of Capensisvoluta massieri Athleta mozambicana : synonym of Nataliavoluta mozambicana Athleta nana : synonym of Nataliavoluta nana Athleta nicklesi : synonym of Capensisvoluta nicklesi

† Athleta petrosa Conrad, 1833: synonym of † Volutovetus petrosus Athleta pisororum H. Morrison, 2006: synonym of Ternivoluta pisororum
† Athleta rarispina : synonym of † Athleta ficulina Athleta rosavittoriae : synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae Athleta rosavittoriae : synonym of Afriathleta rosavittoriae Athleta semirugata : synonym of Afriathleta semirugata Athleta spinosa †: synonym of Athleta spinosus † Athleta studeri : synonym of Ternivoluta studeri
† Athleta subcrenulifera Darragh, 1971: synonym of † ''Ternivoluta subcrenulifera''