CRANIIDAE Menke, 1828

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 809

Family CRANIIDAE Menke, 1828

Cryopus – Deshayes,1836-HistNatAnim2: 314, ex Poli ms;1843-HistNatAnim3: 116. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Criopus Poli, 1791 . Both names were suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (ICZN Opinion 1467, 1988a).

abnormalis, Crania – Deshayes, 1836-HistNatAnim2: 304, ex Defrance ms; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 113. — Type localities: Bordeaux to Terre-Neigre. — Type age: Tertiary. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

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laevigata , Orbicula –Leymerie, 1841: 336, nomen nudum; 1842: 11, 29, pl. 15, fig. 1a-b, ex Deshayes ms, non Münster, 1840. — Type locality: Bernon. — Type age: Cretaceous (Hauterivian). This species has often been misreported in the literature (C. C. Emig, pers. commun., December 10, 2022).