Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 1990. New Species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a Review of Cretaceous Cypraeaceans of North America. The Veliger 33(3):272-285
Belongs to Bernaya (Protocypraea) according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Groves 1990
Sister taxa: Bernaya (Protocypraea) argonautica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) berryessae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) cunliffei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) globuliformis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) gualalaensis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) kayei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) kohatica, Bernaya (Protocypraea) louellasaulae, Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis, Bernaya (Protocypraea) orbignana, Bernaya (Protocypraea) popenoei, Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni, Bernaya (Protocypraea) veraghoorensis
Type specimen: SDSNH 34008, a shell. Its type locality is Carlsbad Ankylosaur (SDNHM Loc. 3392), which is in a Campanian offshore mudstone/sandstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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