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Pseudobaylea

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) was named by Dickins (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp P l Sepkoski's reference number: 797].

It was reranked as Pseudobaylea by Sepkoski (2002) and Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Mourlonia by Dickins (1963); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Glabrocingulides by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) Dickins pp. 120 – 121
2002Pseudobaylea Sepkoski
2023Pseudobaylea Wagner p. G1663

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusPseudobaylea()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pseudobaylea Dickins 1963
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Pseudobaylea freneyensis Dickins 1963
Pseudobaylea nuda Dana 1847
Pseudobaylea poperimensis Maxwell 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1616.010.730.014.05.91

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 330.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Australia (Queensland) P. poperimensis (144996 145002)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Argentina (Chubut) Mourlonia popperimensis (39936)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Xizang) Mourlonia freneyensis (97288)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia freneyensis (84591 85021 85845 85847 85848 101207)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Pleurotomaria conglobata (86542) Pleurotomaria nuda (86536)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Pleurotomaria nuda (119250)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia freneyensis (85854)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Mourlonia sp. (107296)