Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1989. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 7. Pleurotomariacea: Eotomariidae, Lophospiriidae, Gosseletinidae. American Museum Novitates 2958:1-64
Belongs to Baylea according to R. L. Batten 1989
Sister taxa: Baylea arenaria, Baylea burtasorum, Baylea chimbulatiensis, Baylea coheni, Baylea concentrica, Baylea cordulae, Baylea dejactinensis, Baylea delawarensis, Baylea denjatinensis, Baylea derongensis, Baylea durga, Baylea foraminata, Baylea giffordi, Baylea grandicarinata, Baylea gurleyi, Baylea heterocarinata, Baylea inclinata, Baylea knighti, Baylea kuesi, Baylea kyschertianaeformis, Baylea loatienensis, Baylea longispira, Baylea minuta, Baylea parva, Baylea perthensis, Baylea praeburtasorum, Baylea queerlingensis, Baylea rigida, Baylea salomonensis, Baylea shilovskyi, Baylea sinuatus, Baylea spirolirata, Baylea subconstricta, Baylea supercrenata, Baylea tabulata, Baylea teicherti, Baylea tenera, Baylea trifibra, Baylea turbinata, Baylea umbilicata, Baylea verneuili, Baylea vjatkensis, Baylea weiningensis, Baylea yabeshigerui, Baylea yvanii
Type specimen: USNM 434066. Its type locality is USNM700f, Decie Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Virgilian marine limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 5.81
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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