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Baylea giffordi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria giffordi was named by Worthen (1884). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Yvania giffordi by Weller (1929); it was recombined as Baylea giffordi by Sturgeon (1964), Kues and Batten (2001), Karapunar and Nützel (2022) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pleurotomaria giffordi Worthen
1890Pleurotomaria giffordi Worthen pp. 135 - 136 figs. pl. 23 f. 8, 8a
1929Yvania giffordi Weller pp. 36 - 38 figs. pl. 2 f. 6-8b
1964Baylea giffordi Sturgeon pp. 204 - 205 figs. pl. 33 f. 11-12
2001Baylea giffordi Kues and Batten p. 23
2022Baylea giffordi Karapunar and Nützel p. 11 fig. 5
2023Baylea giffordi Wagner p. 5105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusBaylea
speciesgiffordi(Worthen 1884)

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 giffordi Worthen 1884
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Diagnosis
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