Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Bernaya libyca, Cypraea (Bernayia) libyca
Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1906. Zur Kenntnis alttertiärer Faunen in Ägypten. Der Bivalven zweiter Teil, Gastropoda und Cephalopoda. Palaeontographica 52:1-348
Belongs to Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) according to F. A. Schilder 1941
See also Abbass 1972 and Oppenheim 1906
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) desertorum, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Umm al-Rua’us Formation, Saudi Arabia - Abbass (1972) (Eocene of Saudi Arabia)
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