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Taxon: Species Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 - harbor seal (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 38.

Types

Type of: Phoca (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 38. ("Phoca s. Vitulus marinus Gesn. aqu. 702."). [new]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Phoca vitulina vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Halichoerus antarcticus Peale, 1848 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Halicyon pealei Gray, 1871 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Phoca kurilensis Inukai, 1942 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 116.
Synonymous name: Phoca richardii Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 116.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: common seal
: spotted seal

Vernacular Names (English: American)

Full name: harbor seal Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 599.

Vernacular Names (English: British)

Full name: harbour seal
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