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''