Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Protocypraea)
Parent taxon: Bernaya according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Darragh 2011, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Groves 1990, Groves 2004, Groves and Squires 2023, Lauridsen and Schnetler 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya), Bernaya grovesi, Bernaya kaylinae, Bernaya media, Bernaya quarunensis, Bernaya squiresi
Subtaxa: Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae Bernaya (Protocypraea) cunliffei 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
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (2 collections), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), India (1), United States (17: California, Mississippi, Oregon)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences