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Athleta (Volutospina) monstrosus (J. Sowerby, 1816) †
1698659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1698659)
alternative representation
Species
Athleta (Volutospina) R. B. Newton, 1906 † represented as Athleta Conrad, 1853
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Voluta ambigua var. monstrosa J. Sowerby, 1816 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 31, pl. 115 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 115 fig. 5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Athleta (Volutospina) monstrosus (J. Sowerby, 1816) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1698659 on 2025-09-11
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(of Voluta ambigua var. monstrosa J. Sowerby, 1816 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 31, pl. 115 fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Pacaud, J. M. & Ledon, D. (2023). <i>Athleta (Volutospina) baili</i> nov. sp., une espèce nouvelle de Volutidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) du Bartonien (Éocène moyen) du bassin de Paris. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 40: 3-10.
page(s): pl. 2 figs 1-3 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 115 fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Pacaud, J. M. & Ledon, D. (2023). <i>Athleta (Volutospina) baili</i> nov. sp., une espèce nouvelle de Volutidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) du Bartonien (Éocène moyen) du bassin de Paris. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 40: 3-10.
page(s): pl. 2 figs 1-3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
