Bernaya (Protocypraea) cunliffei Forbes 1846

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea cunliffei

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Bernaya (Protocypraea) according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011

See also Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) globuliformis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) gualalaensis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) kayei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) kohatica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) louellasaulae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) orbignana, Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) rineyi, Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni, Bernaya (Protocypraea) veraghoorensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is near Varagur, Tamil Nadu District, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in India

Distribution: found only at near Varagur, Tamil Nadu District

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