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Platanista Wagler, 1830 
AphiaID: 254966

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Platanistidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Platanistidae Gray, 1846
Synonymised
taxa		  Platanistina Neave, 1940 (synonym)
 Soosoo Hamilton, 1837 (synonym)
 Sousou F. Cuvier, 1836 (synonym)
 Susa Wagler, 1830 (misspelling)
 Susu Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)

Species Platanista indi Blyth, 1859 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Platanista minor Owen, 1853 accepted as Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853
Environment fresh
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Image 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 31)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 31)
added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-09-14 20:01:46
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254966
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-22 19:25:59Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  changed  Perrin, William
2010-01-28 16:55:07Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Platanista Wagler, 1830. 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=254966 on 2013-05-19
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