IRMNG - Alcidae Leach, 1820

IRMNG taxon details

Alcidae Leach, 1820

IRMNG_ID

104621 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104621)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Charadriiformes

Synonymised names

Alicidae · unaccepted

Direct children (32)

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Genus Aethia Merrem, 1788
Genus Alca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Alle Link, 1806
Genus Brachyramphus Brandt, 1837
Genus Cepphus Pallas, 1769
Genus Cerorhinca Bonaparte, 1828
Genus Cyclorrhynchus Kaup, 1829
Genus Fratercula Brisson, 1760
Genus Lunda Pallas, 1811
Genus Miomancalla Smith, 2011
Genus Petralca Mlikovsky, 1987 †
Genus Pinguinus Bonnaterre, 1790
Genus Plautus Link, 1806
Genus Pseudocepphus Wijnker & Olson, 2009 †
Genus Ptychoramphus Brandt, 1837
Genus Synthliboramphus Brandt, 1837
Genus Uria Brisson, 1760
Genus Brachyrampus accepted as Brachyramphus Brandt, 1837
Genus Chelanopax Des Murs in Chenu, 1854 (Misspelling)
Genus Chenalopex Möhring, 1758 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
Genus Marmon Temminck, 1820 (Misspelling)
Genus Mormos Schinz, 1840 (Misspelling)
Genus Alcella Stone, 1907 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Alcodes Howard, 1968 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Chenalopex Vieillot, 1818 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Mancalla Lucas, 1901 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Miocepphus Wetmore, 1940 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Mormon Illiger, 1811 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Phaleris Temminck, 1820 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Praemancalla Howard, 1966 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Psittacula Jarocki, 1821 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Psittacula Lesson, 1839 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Alcidae Leach, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104621 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Alcidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Auks, puffins and allies. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Priabonian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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