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Palaeocypraea mississippiensis (Groves, 1990) †
1674488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1674488)
accepted
Species
Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves, 1990 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves, 1990 †) Groves, L. T. (1990). New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a review of Cretaceous cypraeaceans of North America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 272-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465440
page(s): 279, figs 27-28 [details]
page(s): 279, figs 27-28 [details]
Holotype (of Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis...
Holotype (of Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves, 1990) USNM 446797, geounit Mississippi [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Palaeocypraea mississippiensis (Groves, 1990) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1674488 on 2025-09-12
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(of Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves, 1990 †) Groves, L. T. (1990). New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a review of Cretaceous cypraeaceans of North America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 272-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465440
page(s): 279, figs 27-28 [details]
page(s): 279, figs 27-28 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Bernaya (Protocypraea) mississippiensis Groves, 1990) USNM 446797, geounit Mississippi [details]
