Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea kayei

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 1990

See also Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) cunliffei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) globuliformis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) gualalaensis, 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: found only at Forbes Shale - Petroleum Creek, Yolo (Cretaceous of California)

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