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Taxon: Genus Orcaella Gray, 1866 (mammal)
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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 ofOrcaellinae (Subfamily) Nishiwaki, 1972
Type, by original designationOrcaella brevirostris (Owen, in Gray, 1866)

Variants

Different rankOrcaella (Subgenus) Gray, 1866
Different spellingOracella (Genus)
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