New species of late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca : Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a review of Cretaceous Cypraeaceans of North America

New species described herein are as follows: Bernaya (B.) crawfordcatei from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian), Point Loma Formation, San Diego County, California; Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), Coffee Formation, Lee County, Mississippi; B...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Veliger 1990-07, Vol.33 (3), p.272-285
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Zusammenfassung:New species described herein are as follows: Bernaya (B.) crawfordcatei from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian), Point Loma Formation, San Diego County, California; Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), Coffee Formation, Lee County, Mississippi; B. (P.) rineyi from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian), Point Loma Formation, San Diego County, California; and Eocypraea (E.) louellae from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian), Yolo Formation, Yolo County, California. Eocypraea (E.) louellae is the earliest known ovulid from the Western Hemisphere.
ISSN:0042-3211