Deep-Sea name details
Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986
104036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104036)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Genus name pre-occupied by the insect genus Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera).)
Genus
- Species Neocrania altivertex Zezina, 1990 accepted as Novocrania altivertex (Zezina, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Neocrania anomala (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Novocrania anomala (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.).</em> 40(4): 141-160. [details] Available for editors 
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104036 on 2026-08-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104036 on 2026-08-10
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Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.).</em> 40(4): 141-160. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source 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). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).</em> 57(1): 5.
note: Creates new genus spelling Novocrania, given that Neocrania was pre-occupied by the insect (Lepidoptera) genus Neocrania Davis, 1978. [details]
taxonomy source 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). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).</em> 57(1): 5.
note: Creates new genus spelling Novocrania, given that Neocrania was pre-occupied by the insect (Lepidoptera) genus Neocrania Davis, 1978. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
