Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 2004. New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeidae (Gastropoda) from California and British Columbia and new records from the Pacific slope. The Nautilus 118(1):43-51
Belongs to Bernaya (Protocypraea) according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Groves 2004
Sister taxa: 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) rineyi, Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni, Bernaya (Protocypraea) veraghoorensis
Type specimen: UCMP 154951, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-3404, Lucas Canyon, a branch of San Juan Canyon, which is in a Campanian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ladd Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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