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Baylea salomonensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria salomonensis was named by Gemmellaro (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Yvania salomonensis by Charlton et al. (2002); it was recombined as Baylea salomonensis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Pleurotomaria salomonensis Gemmellaro p. 165 figs. Pl 17, figs 22,23
2002Yvania salomonensis Charlton et al. p. 768
2023Baylea salomonensis Wagner p. S7370

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

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.

Baylea salomonensis Gemmellaro 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.0

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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleurotomaria salomonensis (type locality: 108673)