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Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi was named by Groves (2004) [= Bernaya crawfordcatei Groves, 1990: Ludvigsen and Beard, 1994: 93, fig. 58 (left 2 figs.). Ludvigsen and Beard, 1997: 113, fig. 69 (left 2 figs.). = Bernaya (Bernaya) n. sp.: Groves, 1997: 7.]. Its type specimen is RBCM.EH2003.008.0001, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Brannan Lake, which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine shale in the Haslam Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi Groves p. 47 figs. 6-9
2011Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi 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
speciesbeardi

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.

†Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi Groves 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 2004A Bernaya of medium size, spire of medium height, aperture wide; fossula smooth, concave, anterior terminal canal deep.

Shell medium in size; maximum height and width slightly posterior to center; spire of medium height, partially covered by successive whorls; aperture wide, straight; denticulation coarse with smooth interstices, outer lip with 13 teeth, teedi obsolete from inner Up; outer lip with weak posterior terminal ridge forming slight callus; marginal callus extends toward dorsum from outer and inner lip margins, forming coarse denticular pattern.
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: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) Bernaya beardi (type locality: 176395)