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Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei
Taxonomy
Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei was named by Groves (2004) [Bernaya (Protocypraea) n. sp: Groves, 1997: 7.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 154951, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-3404, Lucas Canyon, a branch of San Juan Canyon, which is in a Campanian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ladd Formation of California.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2004 | Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei Groves pp. 47 - 48 figs. 10 - 11 |
2011 | Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei Groves et al. p. 178 |
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†Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei Groves 2004
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. T. Groves 2004 | Pyriform Protocypraea, posterior terminal ridges forming slight marginal callus; fossula concave, smooth.
Shell of medium size, moderately inflated, elongate and somewhat constricted anteriorly; spire partially covered by successive whorls; dorsum moderately arched; maximum height and width slightly posterior of center; aperture somewhat straight, narrow; teeth absent from bodi outer and inner lips; fossula concave, smooth, wide; posterior basal terminal ridges forming slight marginal callus; anterior and posterior terminal canals shallow. |