Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea argonautica
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Bernaya (Protocypraea) according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Anderson 1958 and Groves 1990
Sister taxa: 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
Type specimen: CAS 61856.05, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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