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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