Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria giffordi, Yvania giffordi
Belongs to Baylea according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Kues and Batten 2001, Sturgeon 1964, Weller 1929, Worthen 1884 and Worthen 1890
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 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
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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