Bayania Munier-Chalmas 1877 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Parent taxon: Thiaridae according to M. Harzhauser 2007

See also Harzhauser 2004, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1973

Sister taxa: Aylacostoma, Brotiopsis, Kumania, Neoradina, Pachymelania, Pyrgulifera, Semisinusinae, Sheppardiconcha, Stomatopsinae, Sulcospira, Thiarinae, Yoshimonia

Subtaxa: Bayania boussaci Bayania epelys Bayania lactea Bayania omanispinosa Bayania semidecussata

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Type: Melania lactea

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (27 collections), Iran (1), Oman (1)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), Croatia (1), France (6), Italy (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (5), France (1), Nigeria (1)

Total: 65 collections including 80 occurrences

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