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Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea berryessae was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 31918.02, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 31918, Thompson Creek, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Yolo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae by Groves (1990), Groves et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cypraea berryessae Anderson p. 176 figs. pl. 63, fig. 2-2b
1990Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae Groves p. 278 figs. 21, 22
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae 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
subgenusProtocypraeaSchilder 1927
speciesberryessae()

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Cypraea berryessae (type locality: 176026)