WoRMS name details

Clymene similis Gray, 1868

383763  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383763)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1868). Notice of Clymene similis, a new dolphin sent from the Cape by Mr. Layard. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1868: 146–149. [details]   
Note Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope...  
Type material Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope (Layard)” (South Africa). This species is differentiated from Clymene obscura Gray, 1866 based on differences in tooth size and shape of the palate and pterygoid bones (the latter is drawn in Figure 2). The holotype specimen (skull) is in “the British Museum, no. 1509b” (Hershkovitz 1966; British Museum (Natural History), London online database, accessed July 26, 2017). [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Clymene similis Gray, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383763 on 2024-03-29
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original description Gray, J. E. (1868). Notice of Clymene similis, a new dolphin sent from the Cape by Mr. Layard. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1868: 146–149. [details]   

taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Type material Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope (Layard)” (South Africa). This species is differentiated from Clymene obscura Gray, 1866 based on differences in tooth size and shape of the palate and pterygoid bones (the latter is drawn in Figure 2). The holotype specimen (skull) is in “the British Museum, no. 1509b” (Hershkovitz 1966; British Museum (Natural History), London online database, accessed July 26, 2017). [details]