Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Bernaya brevis
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171
Belongs to Gisortia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Douvillé 1920 and Schilder 1931
Sister taxa: Gisortia (Megalocypraea), Gisortia (Vicetia), Gisortia clarki, Gisortia colombiana, Gisortia coombii, Gisortia gigantea, Gisortia harrisi, Gisortia ibrahimi, Gisortia mahgoobi, Gisortia murchisoni, Gisortia tuberculosa, Cypraea (Aricia) simplicissima, Cypraea (Aricia) beberkiriana
Subtaxa: Gisortia brevis ewekoroensis
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Senegal (6 collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Niger (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.