Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Bernaya (Protocypraea) angystoma, Bernaya angystoma, Bernaya media angystoma, Cypraea angystoma
Synonyms: Bernaya media meunieri Cossmann 1923, Bernaya meunieri Cossmann 1923, Cypraea (Bernayia) meunieri Cossmann 1923
Belongs to Lyncina according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
See also Cossmann 1923, Dolin and Dolin 1983, Glibert 1963, Krach 1963 and Perrilliat et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of Poland (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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