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Tursiops Gervais, 1855 
AphiaID: 137026

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Delphinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa		  Gudamu Gray, 1868 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English bottlenose dolphins  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833])
Species Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011
Species Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Species Tursiops catalania Gray, 1862 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Tursiops cymodice Flower, 1884 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Tursiops dawsoni Flower, 1884 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Tursiops fergusoni Lyddeker, 1903 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Tursiops gilli Lydekker, 1906 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)

Species Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops gilli Dall, 1873 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops gillii Scammon, 1874 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops maugeanus Iredale & Troughton, 1934 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops nesarnack Hershkovitx, 1961 (unaccepted, suppressed)
Species Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden, 1886 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops subridens Flower, 1884 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops truncantus Montagu, 1821 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Tursiops tursio Gervais, 1855 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Image 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 59)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 59)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-22 16:56:20
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137026
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Tursiops Gervais, 1855. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137026 on 2013-05-25
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