Bernaya, SENSU STRICTO JOUSSEAUME, 1884

Groves, Lindsey & Squires, Richard L., 2023, Revision of northeast Pacific Paleogene cypraeoidean gastropods, including recognition of three new species: implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal turnover, PaleoBios 40 (10), pp. 1-52 : 12

BERNAYA SENSU STRICTO JOUSSEAUME, 1884

Type Species — Cypraea media Deshayes, 1835 , by original designation (of Jousseaume, 1884: p. 88), upper middle Eocene (Bartonian Stage), northwest of Paris, France .

Diagnosis— Shell medium to large in size. Oval, sides inflated, rounded. Dorsum smooth. Spire of small to medium height and partially covered by successive whorls. Aperture wide. Anterior and posterior canals deep. Anterior end smooth, concave, and broad ( Jousseaume 1884: p. 88).

Geologic Range— Paleocene (herein) to Oligocene ( Lorenz, 2017).

Remarks— In the NEP region, a four-species lineage of Bernaya occurred and ranges from late Paleocene (Thanetian Stage) to the late early to early middle Eocene “Domengine Stage.”