| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Baylea : Pleurotomaria giffordi |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Baylea : Pleurotomaria giffordi |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Pleurotomaria |
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| Scientific Name | Pleurotomaria giffordi (Worthen, 1884) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Baylea giffordi | species | belongs to Pleurotomaria | stated without evidence | Worthen, 1884 | | Baylea giffordi | species | belongs to Yvania | stated without evidence | Weller, 1929 | | Baylea giffordi | species | belongs to Baylea | stated without evidence | Sturgeon, 1964 | | Baylea giffordi | species | belongs to Baylea | stated with evidence | Kues and Batten, 2001 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 314 - 306 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 314 - 306 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pleurotomarioidea) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | grazer (based on Pleurotomarioidea) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio - Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):189-226 |
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| Sturgeon M. T. (1964) Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio - Gastropoda, Journal of Paleontology 38 2, 189-226 |
| Worthen A. H. Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea, fifty-one species of Mollusca, and three species of Crinoids, from the Carboniferous formations of Illinois and adjacent states, Bulletin of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History 2, 1-27 |
| Worthen A. H. Description of fossil invertebrates, Illinois Geological Survey 8 2, 69-154 |
| Kues B. S., Batten R. L. (2001) Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 75 1, supp, 1-95 |
| Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database |
Pleurotomaria giffordi ✝
