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[1]
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

Athleta lutosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

• 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.

• 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