Bernaya, SENSU STRICTO JOUSSEAUME, 1884

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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 me- dium 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.”