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Pseudobaylea freneyensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3999, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR KNuA1, Paraside Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Poole Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Pseudobaylea freneyensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis Dickins pp. 121 – 122 figs. pl. 23 f. 1-11
1983Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis Liu and Cui p. 87 figs. Pl 9, fig 12
2023Pseudobaylea freneyensis Wagner p. S6685

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

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.

†Pseudobaylea freneyensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height814.111.021.013.53.06

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Xizang) Mourlonia freneyensis (97288)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia freneyensis (84591 type locality: 85021 85845 85847 85848 101207)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Pleurotomaria conglobata (86542)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia freneyensis (85854)