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Baylea subconstricta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria subconstricta was named by Meek and Worthen (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hodges Creek, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Yvania subconstricta by Plummer and Hornberger (1935); it was recombined as Baylea subconstricta by Kues and Batten (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Pleurotomaria subconstricta Meek and Worthen
1866Pleurotomaria subconstricta Meek and Worthen pp. 351 - 352 figs. pl. 28 f. 6a-c
1935Yvania subconstricta Plummer and Hornberger p. 22
2001Baylea subconstricta Kues and Batten p. 23
2023Baylea subconstricta Wagner p. 5962

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

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 subconstricta Meek and Worthen 1860
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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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Desmoinesian or 312.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Yvania subconstricta (11100)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) Pleurotomaria subconstricta (type locality: 155332)