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Bernaya (Protocypraea) louellasaulae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Bernaya (Protocypraea) louellasaulae was named by Groves et al. (2011). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13720, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP Loc. 17761 - bottom of eastern tributary to Fremont Canyon, which is in a Campanian marginal marine sandstone in the Williams Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) louellasaulae Groves et al. pp. 180 - 181 fig. 1–2

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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
specieslouellasaulae

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 et al. 2011Bernaya of medium size, anterior and posterior canals deep, spire of
medium height, fossula concave, and smooth posterior terminal ridges extend to margins.

Shell of small to medium size, constricted anteriorly; maximum height of shell nearly centered; maximum width of shell slightly posterior of center; dentition coarse to medium with smooth interstices; columellar lip with 11 teeth, labral lip with 15 teeth; aperture fairly wide and straight, curved posteriorly toward columella, widens anteriorly; terminal canals deep; columella slightly inflated; prominent anterior terminal ridges form a slight marginal callus; posterior terminal ridge extended from base of spire to form a slight marginal callus; spire of medium height and partially exposed due to shell loss.