Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea guadelensis, Cypraea gualalaensis
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) argonautica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) cunliffei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) globuliformis, 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 61918.01, a shell. Its type locality is CAS 61918 - Near Gualala, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Gualala Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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