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Bernaya (Protocypraea)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Bernaya (Protocypraea) Schilder
1933Cypraea (Protocypraea) Ravn
1983Bernaya (Protocypraea) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 103
1990Bernaya (Protocypraea) Groves p. 278
1992Bernaya (Protocypraea) Squires and Demetrion p. 31
2002Protocypraea Sepkoski
2004Bernaya (Protocypraea) Groves p. 47
2011Protocypraea Darragh pp. 3-4
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) Groves et al.
2023Protocypraea Groves and Squires p. 16

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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
subgenusProtocypraeaSchilder 1927

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.

Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 1990Shell small to medium in size, shape moderately pyriform, somewhat constricted anteriorly, fossula smooth, concave, wide.
L. T. Groves 2004Shell small to medium in size, shape moderately pyriform, somewhat constricted anteriorly; fos- sula smooth, concave, wide.
L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023Shell small to large in size. Moderately globular. Spire large, commonly projecting. Short and rounded posterior extremity. Anterior extremity with pointed or spatulate tips. Aperture narrow posteriorly curved, wide in the fossular section, constricted at the canal. Labrum narrow, spoon shapped, and sloping in front. Teeth usually weakly developed or absent. Fossula flat and smooth (Lorenz, 2017).
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 Barremian to the top of the Thanetian or 125.77000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Barcelonne) Pseudocassis helveticus (179817)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (California) Cypraea argonautica (176025)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Cypraea berryessae (176026)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Oregon) Bernaya argonautica (176024) Cypraea argonautica (86814)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Cypraea kayei (44233)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2India (Tamil Nadu) Cypraea cunliffei, Erato veraghoorensis (179034)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Bernaya popenoei (176369)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Bernaya n. sp. (7456)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Bernaya gualalaensis (176400 176402) Bernaya gualalaensis, Bernaya rineyi (60806) Bernaya rineyi (99312)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Bernaya louellasaulae, Bernaya popenoei (176363)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Bernaya gualalaensis (99313 176397 176399 176401) Cypraea gualalaensis (176398)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Bernaya globuliformis (176994) Protocypraea globuliformis (137438)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Protocypraea kohatica (52132)