Bernaya (Bernaya) coromandelica Vredenburg 1920 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Bernaya (Protocypraea) coromandelica, Gisortia coromandelica

Full reference: E. W. Vredenburg. 1920. Classification of the Recent and fossil Cypraeidae. Records of the Geological Survey of India 51(2):65-152

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

See also Schilder 1927, Schilder 1941 and Vredenburg 1920

Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya) azevedoi, Bernaya (Bernaya) baluchistanensis, Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi, Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis, 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 Near Senthamangalam (Cretaceous of India)

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