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Baylea delawarensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria delawarensis was named by Girty (1908) [Pleurotomaria? delawarensis Girty 1908]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Baylea delawarensis by Kulas and Batten (1997) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pleurotomaria delawarensis Girty
1997Baylea delawarensis Kulas and Batten p. 45 figs. pl. 2 f. 14
2023Baylea delawarensis Wagner p. 5963

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

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 delawarensis Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
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