Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Bernaya (Protocypraea) grovesi
Full reference: R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion. 1992. Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434:1-55
Belongs to Bernaya according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Bernaya (Bernaya), Bernaya (Protocypraea), Bernaya kaylinae, Bernaya media, Bernaya quarunensis, Bernaya squiresi
Type specimen: IGM 5172, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1220b, Mesa la Salina, which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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