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Baylea inclinata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Yvania inclinata was named by Weller (1929). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Baylea inclinata by Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Kues and Batten (2001), Karapunar and Nützel (2022), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. taylorianus, B. thomsonianus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pleurotomaria ornatiformis Morningstar pp. 253 - 254 figs. pl. 15 f. 7-13
1929Yvania inclinata Weller p. 15 figs. pl. 1 f. 1; pl 2. f. 9; pl. 3 f. 2, 3b
1967Baylea inclinata Yochelson and Saunders p. 36
1974Yvania inclinata Thein and Nitecki p. 82
2001Baylea inclinata Kues and Batten p. 23 figs. f. 5.7-5.11
2022Baylea inclinata Karapunar and Nützel p. 14 fig. 7
2023Baylea inclinata Wagner p. 5559

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

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 inclinata Weller 1929
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Invalid names: Baylea ornatiformis Morningstar 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Morrowan to the top of the Asselian or 323.40000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria ornatiformis (71998 184122)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Baylea inclinata (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Baylea inclinata (92870)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Baylea gurleyi (202159 220885)