IRMNG - Mordacia Gray, 1851

IRMNG taxon details

Mordacia Gray, 1851

IRMNG_ID

1318798 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1318798)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mordaciidae Gill, 1893

Synonymised names

Caragola Gray, 1851 · unaccepted

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Species Mordacia lapicida (Gray, 1851)
Species Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846)
Species Mordacia praecox Potter, 1968

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 19, 1851
page(s): 235 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Gray, 1853. Also appeared in Gray 1853 [for 1851]. First reviser selecting Mordacia over...

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Gray, 1853. Also appeared in Gray 1853 [for 1851]. First reviser selecting Mordacia over Caragola not researched. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mordacia Gray, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318798 on 2024-10-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 19, 1851
page(s): 235 [details]

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Caragola Gray, 1851) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 19, 235
page(s): 239 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Gray, 1853. Also appeared in Gray 1853 [for 1851]. First reviser selecting Mordacia over Caragola not researched. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Petromyzon mordax Richardson 1846 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Caragola Gray, 1851)
To WoRMS