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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).