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Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis was named by Groves (1990) [= Bernaya (s.l.) new species: Dockery 1988:19, fig. 3.]. Its type specimen is USNM 446797, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MGS 129, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine sandstone in the Coffee Sand Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves pp. 279 - 281 figs. 27, 28
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis 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
speciesmississippiensis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 1990Pyriform Protocypraea, anterior and posterior basal terminal ridges prominent, fossula, concave, smooth.