Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Brachiopoda > Subphylum Craniiformea > Class Craniata > Order Craniida > Superfamily Cranioidea > Family Craniidae > Genus Novocrania

Novocrania anomala (Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Novocrania*	Lee & Brunton, 2001	accepted genus name
*Neocrania*	Lee & Brunton, 1986	synonym

Species group names

*Crania anomala*	(Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Neocrania anomala*	(O. F. Müller, 1776)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Logan, A.; Bianchi, C.N.; Morri, C.; Zibrowius, H.; Bitar, G. (2002). New records of Recent brachiopods from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale G. Doria, Genova. 94: 407-418.
additional source	Cohen, B. L.; Kaulfuss, A.; Lüter, C. (2014). Craniid brachiopods: aspects of clade structure and distribution reflect continental drift (Brachiopoda: Craniiformea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171(1): 133-150.
additional source	Cooper, G. A. (1977). Brachiopods from the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Studies in Tropical Oceanography Miami 14. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. University of Miami Press. 212 p., 6 ﬁg., 35 pl.
additional source	Anadón, N.; Fernández-Rodríguez, I.; Arias, A. (2022). Recent brachiopod diversity and distribution from the central Cantabrian Sea and the Avilés Canyons System (Bay of Biscay). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 269: 107829.
redescription	Robinson, J. H. (2017). A review of all Recent species in the genus Novocrania (Craniata, Brachiopoda). Zootaxa. 4329(6): 501-559.
new combination reference	Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (2001). Novocrania, new name for the genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 (Brachiopoda, Craniids); preoccupied by Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology). 57(1): 5.
taxonomy source	Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.). 40(4): 141-160.

Genbank

Citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Novocrania anomala (Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235385