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Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea argonautica was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 61856.05, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 61856. Fitch Ranch, 3.2 km W of Phoenix, 0.8 km S of Fitch's house, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian shoreface sandstone in the Hornbrook Formation of California.

It was recombined as Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica by Groves (1990) and Groves et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cypraea argonautica Anderson p. 177 figs. pl. 21, fig. 4-4a
1990Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica Groves pp. 278 - 279 figs. 19, 20
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica 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
speciesargonautica()

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
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