Athleta lutosa

Athleta lutosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Athleta lutosa
Athleta lutosa shell (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Athletinae
Genus:	Athleta
Subgenus:	Athleta
Species:	A. lutosa
Binomial name
Athleta lutosa (Koch, 1948)
Synonyms
Athleta (Athleta) lutosa (Koch, 1948) Athleta emmanuelae (Rosso, 1985) Athleta nicklesi (Rosso, 1976) Volutocorbis emmanuelae Rosso, 1985 Volutocorbis lutosa Koch, 1948 (basionym) Volutocorbis nicklesi Rosso, 1976

References

• Rosso J.-C. (1985). Description of a new species of Volutocorbis from intertropical Africa: V. emmanuellae n. sp. La Conchiglia. 198-199: 22-23.
• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
• Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. pp. 314–333, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

External links

• Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320