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Glabrocingulum stellaeformis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Mourlonia stellaeformis was named by Hyde (1953) [Mourlonia? stellaeformis Hyde 1953]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Baylea (Trepospira) stellaeformis by Elias (1958); it was recombined as Glabrocingulum stellaeformis by Rollins (1975), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Mourlonia stellaeformis Hyde pp. 325 - 326 figs. pl. 46 f. 1-4
1958Baylea (Trepospira) stellaeformis Elias pp. 5 - 7 figs. pl. 1 f. 8-9
1975Glabrocingulum stellaeformis Rollins p. 21
2023Glabrocingulum stellaeformis Wagner p. 3901

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Osagean to the top of the Serpukhovian or 351.90000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) Mourlonia stellaeformis (93067 155894)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Baylea stellaeformis (5611)