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Baylea

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Baylea de Koninck
1944Pleurotomaria (Baylea) Reed p. 327
1960Baylea Knight et al. p. 202
2001Baylea Heidelberger p. 61
2002Baylea Sepkoski
2003Baylea Cook et al.
2015Baylea Mazaev p. 902
2016Baylea Mazaev p. 596
2016Baylea Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 491
2022Baylea Karapunar and Nützel p. 10
2023Baylea Wagner p. G504

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

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. †Baylea de Koninck 1881
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Baylea arenaria Girty 1909
Baylea burtasorum Golovkinski 1868
Baylea chimbulatiensis Mazaev 2015
Baylea coheni Yochelson 1962
Baylea concentrica Phillips 1836
Baylea cordulae Heidelberger et al. 2009
Baylea dejactinensis Jakowlew 1899
Baylea delawarensis Girty 1909
Baylea denjatinensis Jakowlew 1899
Baylea derongensis Pan and Yu 1993
Baylea durga Waagen 1880
Baylea foraminata Mazaev 2015
Baylea giffordi Worthen 1884
Baylea grandicarinata Jakowlew 1899
Baylea gurleyi Meek 1871
Baylea huecoensis Batten 1989
Baylea inclinata Weller 1929
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Invalid names: Baylea ornatiformis Morningstar 1922 [synonym]
Baylea knighti Weller 1929
Baylea kuesi Batten 1995
Baylea kyschertianaeformis Jakowlew 1899
Baylea loatienensis Mansuy 1914
Baylea longispira Mazaev 2019
Baylea minuta Weller 1916
Baylea parva Thomas 1940
Baylea perthensis Dickins 1963
Baylea praeburtasorum Mazaev 2016
Baylea queerlingensis Wang 1982
Baylea rigida Mazaev 2015
Baylea salomonensis Gemmellaro 1889
Baylea shilovskyi Mazaev 2016
Baylea sinuatus Weller 1916
Baylea spirolirata Batten 1966
Baylea subconstricta Meek and Worthen 1860
Baylea supercrenata Weller 1929
Baylea tabulata Phillips 1836
Baylea teicherti Cook et al. 2003
Baylea tenera Karapunar and Nützel 2022
Baylea trifibra Rollins 1975
Baylea turbinata Xi 1980
Baylea umbilicata Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016
Baylea verneuili Heidelberger 2001
Baylea vjatkensis Mazaev 2015
Baylea yabeshigerui Kobayashi 1931
Baylea yvanii Léveillé 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height128.6----
shell height818.162.6033.07.905.37
shell diameter816.393.7010.06.502.52

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 Givetian to the top of the Changhsingian or 387.95000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) B. verneuili (38358)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) B. teicherti (172535)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) B. teicherti (38996 39006 39007)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) B. trifibra (49824)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) B. sp. (226426)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9Mexico (Sonora) B. sp., B. yvanii (5616)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Pleurotomaria concentricum (76501)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Arizona) B. coheni (64667)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Scalitina tabulata (60115 60116)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Japan B. yvanii (59832)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) B. sp. indet (62674)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Isle of Man Scalites tabulatus (147189)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Cork) Pleurotomaria yvanni (184504)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) B. spirolirata, Scalitina tabulata, B. yvanii (57131) Scalites tabulatus (154728) Scalites tabulatus, B. concentrica (67670)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco B. cordulae (61439) B. cordulae, B. concentrica (157752)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Ptychomphalus sinuatus, Mourlonia minuta (68188)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Yvania parva (155880)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) B. kuesi, B. knighti (79966)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arizona) B. sp. (42700 42707 42800)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (5713)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria ornatiformis (71998 184122)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (5725)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) B. giffordi (64933)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) B. giffordi, B. inclinata (92870) Yvania subconstricta (11100)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) B. giffordi, B. tenera (91530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) Pleurotomaria subconstricta (155332)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) B. inclinata, B. kuesi (46536)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) B. gurleyi (170908)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) B. huecoensis (43456)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) B. gurleyi (217905 225054)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) B. sp. (156695) B. supercrenata (146819)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) B. huecoensis (43482)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) B. gurleyi (202159) B. longispira (220899) B. longispira, B. gurleyi (220885)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) B. perthensis (85848 101207 107346 107350)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) B. huecoensis (101780)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) B. huecoensis (101770)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Mourlonia yabeshigerui (102216)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Mexico (Sonora) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2 (102390)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) B. huecoensis (43491)
Late/Upper Kazanian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation B. sp. (197540)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) B. sp. (80923)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Tatarstan) B. burtasorum (174710 174712 174713) B. chimbulatiensis, B. burtasorum (174707 174709) B. vjatkensis, B. burtasorum (174704 174705 174706 174711)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) B. burtasorum (174703) B. chimbulatiensis (174701) B. chimbulatiensis, B. foraminata, B. rigida (170189) B. chimbulatiensis, B. foraminata, B. rigida, B. vjatkensis (126334) B. chimbulatiensis, B. rigida (126333) B. chimbulatiensis, B. rigida, B. vjatkensis (170190) B. chimbulatiensis, B. vjatkensis, B. burtasorum (126335)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) B. supercrenata (43512) B. vjatkensis (81693) Pleurotomaria delawarensis, Pleurotomaria arenaria (108822)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) B. delawarensis (61938)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation B. vjatkensis (198771) Mourlonia yabeshigerui (102200)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Samara) B. vjatkensis, B. shilovskyi, B. praeburtasorum (170192)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Anhui) B. queerlingensis (102111)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleurotomaria salomonensis (108673)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation B. taylorianus, B. thomsonianus (197764 197765) Mourlonia yabeshigerui (102217 221245 221249)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand B. umbilicata (181783) Worthenia sp. (167692)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) B. yabeshigerui (111758 111762)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) B. huecoensis (101801)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Mourlonia yabeshigerui (183118 221256 221257)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) B. turbinata (119966)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pleurotomaria durga (125928 126008 126263 126265 126699 126895 126940)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902China (Sichuan) B. derongensis (110088)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria durga (126982 127017)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) B. heterocarinata (116227)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria durga (81504 119678 126882 126898 126933 126989)