Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni Schilder 1941 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1941. Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 73(2/3):57-120

Belongs to Bernaya (Protocypraea) according to F. A. Schilder 1941

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) popenoei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) rineyi, Bernaya (Protocypraea) veraghoorensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bogaris, trouve au fond du ravine des Faures, which is in a Barremian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Urgonian Limestone Formation of France

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Bogaris, trouve au fond du ravine des Faures

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