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Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocypraea burlingtonensis was named by Schilder (1932) [= Cypraea (Aricia) mortoni Gabb, 1860: GABB, 1861:104 [in part]; WHITFIELD, 1892a:120, 291, pi. 15, figs. 1-3; WHITFIELD, 1892b:120,291, pi. 15, figs. 1-3; WHITNEY, 1928:154. Not Cypraea mortoni Gabb, 1860 [=Eocypraea (E.) mortoni (Gabb), q.v.]; Cypraea mortoni Gabb, 1860: MEEK, 1864:19 [in part]; COOK, 1868:729; JOHNSON, 1905:23; WELLER, 1907:722-723 [in part], pi. 84, figs. 1-2; WHITNEY, 1928:154 [in part]; RICHARDS & RAMSDELL, 1962:47, pi. 53, fig. 9, pi. 64, fig. 6. Not Cypraea mortoni Gabb, 1860.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13537, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burlington County, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine marl in the Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis by Schilder and Schilder (1971), Groves (1990), Groves et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Palaeocypraea burlingtonensis Schilder p. 111
1971Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis Schilder and Schilder pp. 26, 101
1990Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis Groves p. 278 figs. 15, 16
2011Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis Groves et al. p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusBernayaJousseaume 1884
subgenusBernayaJousseaume 1884
speciesburlingtonensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Bernaya mortoni (6146)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Palaeocypraea burlingtonensis (180662)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Bernaya burlingtonensis (78124)