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Athleta (Volutocorbis)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	349749	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=349749

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : Athleta (Volutocorbis)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Athletinae	Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
genus	Athleta	Conrad 1853
subgenus	Athleta (Volutocorbis)	(Dall 1890)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	subgenus	belongs to Athleta	stated with evidence	Dall, 1890
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated without evidence	Iqbal, 1973
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Athletinae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	genus	belongs to Fulgorariinae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat et al., 2006
Athleta (Volutocorbis)	subgenus	belongs to Athleta	stated with evidence	Merle and Pacaud, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (12%)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Volutidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Volutidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	2	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	59.2 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	61.6 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutocorbis crenulifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis digitalina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	55.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis elevata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	13	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis inornatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Volutocorbis lima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis minutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis oregonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutocorbis pakistanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Volutocorbis scabricula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1890	Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall
1890	Volutocorbis Dall p. 75
1938	Volutocorbis Turner p. 73
1967	Volutocorbis Abbass p. 111
1973	Volutocorbis Iqbal p. 26
1995	Volutocorbis Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002	Volutocorbis Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Volutocorbis Perrilliat et al. p. 162
2014	Athleta (Volutocorbis) Merle and Pacaud p. 121

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Iqbal M. W. A. (1973) Biostratigraphy of the Tiyon Formation (Middle Eocene) of Sind, Pakistan, Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan 22, 1-40

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Perrilliat M. D., Avendano J., et al (2006) Lower Eocene Gastropods from El Bosque Formation, Central Chiapas, Mexico, The Veliger 48 3, 151-169

Merle D., Pacaud J. (2014) Systematics, in Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, Zootaxa 3826 1, 101-138 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3

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