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Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

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
YearName and author
2004Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei Groves pp. 47 - 48 figs. 10 - 11
2011Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei 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
speciespopenoei

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 2004Pyriform 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.