IRMNG - Beluga Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG name details

Beluga Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG_ID

1365326 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1365326)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804

Rank

Genus

Parent

Monodontidae Gray, 1821

Direct children (10)

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Species Beluga kingii Hector, 1873
Species Beluga angustata Cope, 1866 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga borealis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga canadensis J.A. Allen, 1869 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga catodon Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga concreta Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga declivis Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga glacialis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga kingii Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Beluga rhinodon Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Beluga Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1365326 on 2024-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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Sources (9)
Links (1)

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 60 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

source of synonymy WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

source of synonymy Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

extant flag source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

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