Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 2004. New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeidae (Gastropoda) from California and British Columbia and new records from the Pacific slope. The Nautilus 118(1):43-51
Belongs to Bernaya (Bernaya) according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Groves 2004
Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya) azevedoi, Bernaya (Bernaya) baluchistanensis, Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi, Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis, Bernaya (Bernaya) coromandelica, Bernaya (Bernaya) crawfordcatei, Bernaya (Bernaya) depereti, Bernaya (Bernaya) ellipsoides, Bernaya (Bernaya) gemmellaroi, Bernaya (Bernaya) obesa
Type specimen: LACMIP 13067, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 17611, along Dry Creek, near Pentz, which is in a Campanian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 17611, along Dry Creek, near Pentz
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