Bernaya (Bernaya) baluchistanensis Noetling 1897 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Bernaya (Protocypraea) baluchistanensis, Gisortia baluchistanensis, Ovula baluchistanensis

Full reference: F. Noetling. 1897. Fauna of the Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) beds of the Mari Hills. Memoirs of the Geological Suvey of India, Palaeontologia Indica 16(I (3)):1-79

Belongs to Bernaya (Bernaya) according to L. T. Groves 1994

See also Noetling 1897, Schilder 1927 and Schilder 1941

Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya) azevedoi, Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi, Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis, Bernaya (Bernaya) coromandelica, Bernaya (Bernaya) crawfordcatei, Bernaya (Bernaya) depereti, Bernaya (Bernaya) ellipsoides, Bernaya (Bernaya) gemmellaroi, Bernaya (Bernaya) jeanae, Bernaya (Bernaya) obesa

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Des Valley, Mari Hills, Sulaman Range, Baluchistan (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

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