''Athleta (Athleta) rosavittoriae'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

''A. rosavittoriae'' is white and brown in color. Its shell size grows to be 38–52 millimeters.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

* 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) Endemic fauna of Somalia Volutidae Gastropods described in 1981 {{Volutidae-stub