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Orcaella
Gray, 1866
(mammal)
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Entity:
Globicephalinae (Subfamily)
..Feresa (Genus) - pygmy killer whale
..Globicephala (Genus) - pilot whales
..Grampus (Genus) - Risso's dolphin
..Peponocephala (Genus) - many-toothed blackfish, melon-headed whale
..†Platalearostrum (Genus)
..†Protoglobicephala (Genus)
..Pseudorca (Genus) - false killer whale
..Steno (Genus) - rough-toothed dolphin
..Orcaella (Genus)
....Orcaella brevirostris (Species) - Irrawaddy dolphin
....Orcaella heinsohni (Species) - Australian snubfin dolphin
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Gray, 1866)
Original name
:
Gray, 1866:285.
Subsequent rank
:
Original spelling
:
Etymology
Latin (subst. fem.)
orca
(gen.:
orcae
), large-bellied pot.
Ref:
ICZN, 1999
: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Latin (suff.)
-ellus, -ella, -ellum
(gen.:
-ellī, -ellae, -ellī
)
Ref:
ICZN, 1999
: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Gender
Feminine
Ref:
ICZN, 1999.
Int. Code Zool. Nomencl.
(ed. 4)
: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Types
Type of
:
Orcaellinae
(Subfamily)
Nishiwaki, 1972
Type, by original designation
:
Orcaella brevirostris
(Owen, in Gray, 1866)
Variants
Different rank
:
Orcaella
(Subgenus)
Gray, 1866
Different spelling
:
Oracella
(Genus)
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