The Latin word ''Cranopsis'' has been used to name animal
genera
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of frogs, mollusks and branchiopods. ''Cranopsis'' (Cope 1875), was used for an
anuran, and is a
junior homonym of ''Cranopsis'' (Adams 1860), for a
mollusk; and ''Cranopsis'' (Dall 1871), for a
branchiopod.
[ '' Cranopsis'' currently describes a mollusk genus in the family Fissurellidae.][
The name was very briefly resurrected for a subgroup of toads ('' Bufo'') by Frost et al. (2006a).][ However, Frost et al. (2006b) noted that this was a mistake, because ''Cranopsis'' was preoccupied, and they proposed ''Ollotis'' (Cope, 1975) as a replacement.][ Unfortunately, ''Ollotis'' is a subjective junior synonym of '' Incilius'' (Cope, 1863).][
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See also
*'' Bufo''
References
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Bufonidae
Zoological nomenclature