Baylea cordulae Heidelberger et al. 2009 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: D. Heidelberger, D. Korn, and V. Ebbighausen. 2009. Late Visean (Carboniferous) gastropods from the Gara El Itima (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Fossil Record 12(2):183-196

Belongs to Baylea according to D. Heidelberger et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Baylea arenaria, Baylea burtasorum, Baylea chimbulatiensis, Baylea coheni, Baylea concentrica, Baylea dejactinensis, Baylea delawarensis, Baylea denjatinensis, Baylea derongensis, Baylea durga, Baylea foraminata, Baylea giffordi, Baylea grandicarinata, Baylea gurleyi, Baylea heterocarinata, Baylea huecoensis, 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: Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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