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Bernaya (Protocypraea) kohatica

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Protocypraea kohatica was named by Cox (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hangu Shales - Samana Range, Pakistan, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marginal marine shale in the Hangu Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Bernaya (Protocypraea) kohatica by Schilder (1941).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Protocypraea kohatica Cox p. 178 figs. 19: 5-6
1941Bernaya (Protocypraea) kohatica Schilder p. 79

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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
specieskohatica()

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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Protocypraea kohatica (type locality: 52132)