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Taxon: Genus Beluga Rafinesque, 1815, nom. illeg. (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Rafinesque, 1815, nom. nov. superfl., nom. praeocc.
Subsequent name (orig. rank & spell.) Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 60 ("R. Delphinapterus Lac.").
Subsequent publication Lesson, R.P. 1828. Hist. Nat. Mamm. Ois. 1788 1: pl. 3.
Subsequent publication Gray, J.E. 1828. Spec. Zool.: 2.

Attributes

Unnecessary replacement name (nom. illeg.: nom. nov. superfl.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 10.6] Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 389. [inferred]
New replacement name (: nom. nov.) [ICZN] Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 389 (Delphinapterus note 1: "New name").
Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 389 (Delphinapterus note 1: "Not ... Gmelin, 1774."). [implicit]

Synonyms

Accepted nameDelphinapterus (Genus) Lacépède, 1804 Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 2005: 735.
Synonymous nameDelphinapterus (Genus) Lacépède, 1804 Ref: J.E. Gray, 1866a: 307.
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