Cetacea name details
Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758
148738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148738)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148738 on 2026-05-08
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Schevill, W.E. (1986). The International Code of zoological nomenclature and a paradigm: the name <i>Physeter catodon</i> Linnaeus 1758. <i>Mar. Mamm. Sci. 2(2)</i>: 153-157 (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Schevill, W.E. (1986). The International Code of zoological nomenclature and a paradigm: the name <i>Physeter catodon</i> Linnaeus 1758. <i>Mar. Mamm. Sci. 2(2)</i>: 153-157 (look up in IMIS) [details]