Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Volutocorbis
Parent taxon: Athleta according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Iqbal 1973, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Athleta (Athleta), Athleta (Neoathleta), Athleta (Ternivoluta), Athleta (Volutopupa), Athleta (Volutospina), Athleta clayi, Athleta daviesi, Athleta ficulina, Athleta haleanus, Athleta laevgigata, Athleta lata, Athleta lisbonensis, Athleta lugardi, Athleta marwicki, Athleta mimica, Athleta necopinata, Athleta petrosa, Athleta pygmaea, Athleta rarispina, Athleta roddai, Athleta sayanus, Athleta symmetricus, Athleta taikoensis, Athleta wynnei
Subtaxa: Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis) Volutocorbis crenulifera Volutocorbis digitalina Volutocorbis elevata Volutocorbis furoni Volutocorbis inornatus Volutocorbis lima Volutocorbis minutus Volutocorbis oregonensis Volutocorbis pakistanica Volutocorbis scabricula Volutocorbis virginiae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (1), France (4), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (3), Pakistan (7), the United Kingdom (12), United States (26: Alabama, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Greenland (3), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (4), Poland (4), United States (100: Alabama, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Egypt (1)
Total: 181 collections including 209 occurrences