Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 2003. The Volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):363-394
Belongs to Athleta according to P. A. Maxwell 2003
Sister taxa: Athleta (Athleta), Athleta (Neoathleta), Athleta (Ternivoluta), Athleta (Volutocorbis), Athleta (Volutopupa), Athleta (Volutospina), Athleta clayi, Athleta daviesi, Athleta ficulina, Athleta haleanus, Athleta laevgigata, Athleta lata, Athleta lisbonensis, Athleta lugardi, Athleta marwicki, Athleta necopinata, Athleta petrosa, Athleta pygmaea, Athleta rarispina, Athleta roddai, Athleta sayanus, Athleta symmetricus, Athleta taikoensis, Athleta wynnei
Type specimen: TM 8245, a shell. Its type locality is Waihao River [general], which is in a Bortonian/Kaiatan marine horizon in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Waihao River [general]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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