Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires. 2023. Revision of northeast Pacific Paleogene cypraeoidean gastropods (Mollusca), including recognition of three new species: Implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal turnover. PaleoBios 40(10):1-52
Belongs to Bernaya according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya), Bernaya (Protocypraea), Bernaya grovesi, Bernaya media, Bernaya quarunensis, Bernaya squiresi
Type specimen: LACMIP 40374.80, LACMIP Type 14938. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 374, Las Llajas Canyon, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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