Balaena
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaena
Species (1): B. mysticetus
Name
[edit]Balaena Linnaeus, 1758: 75 [conserved name]
- Type species: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnean tautonymy.
- Gender: masculine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 75 (1922: 37).
Synonyms
[edit]- Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1922. Opinion 75. Twenty-seven generic names of Protozoa, Vermes, Pisces, Reptilia and Mammalia included in the Official List of Zoological Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(1): 35–37. BHL Reference page.
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