WoRMS name details
Waldheimia cranium (O. F. Müller, 1776)
1672896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1672896)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Waldheimia King, 1850 accepted as Magellania Bayle, 1880
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebratula cranium O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
WoRMS (2026). Waldheimia cranium (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672896 on 2026-07-16
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(of Terebratula cranium O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
basis of record Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Combination listed in synonymy list for Macandrevia cranium in Dall (1920) (p. 354). [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1853). Catalogue of Brachiopoda or Lamp-Shells in the British Museum. <i>In</i>: S. P. Woodward & J. E. Gray, eds., Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IV. Brachiopoda Ancylopoda, or Lamp Shells. Taylor & Francis. London. 128 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18464568
note: Gray (1853) first uses the combination "Waldheimia cranium". [details]
basis of record Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Combination listed in synonymy list for Macandrevia cranium in Dall (1920) (p. 354). [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1853). Catalogue of Brachiopoda or Lamp-Shells in the British Museum. <i>In</i>: S. P. Woodward & J. E. Gray, eds., Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum, Part IV. Brachiopoda Ancylopoda, or Lamp Shells. Taylor & Francis. London. 128 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18464568
note: Gray (1853) first uses the combination "Waldheimia cranium". [details]
