Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
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Species
Species within the genus Athleta include:
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† Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan, 1870: synonym of Athleta crenulifer (Bayan, 1870) (superseded combination)
† Volutocorbis digitalina Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Athleta digitalinus (Lamarck, 1810) (superseded combination)
† Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby, 1840: synonym of Athleta elevata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) (superseded combination)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 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Athleta abyssicola (Adams & Reeve, 1848): synonym of Capensisvoluta abyssicola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) (superseded combination)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Athleta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) †: synonym of Ternivoluta antispinosa (Tate, 1899) † (superseded combination)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)