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Craniidae 
AphiaID: 104024

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Craniiformea (Subphylum) > Craniata (Class) > Craniida (Order) > Cranioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cranioidea
Sources  basis of record: Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 334 (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Craniscus Dall, 1871 †
Genus Neoancistrocrania Laurin, 1992
Genus Novocrania Lee & Brunton, 2001
Genus Valdiviathyris Helmcke, 1940

Genus Crania Retzius, 1781 † represented as Novocrania Lee & Brunton, 2001 (alternate representation, Crania remains for fossil species and is replaced by Novocrania for extant species)

Genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 accepted as Novocrania Lee & Brunton, 2001
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104024
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-12-08 10:06:59Z  checked  Emig, Christian
  
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  Citation: Emig, C. (2013). Craniidae. In: Emig, C.C.; Alvarez F.; Bitner M.A. (Ed) (2013). World Brachiopoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104024 on 2013-05-21
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