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Taxon: Genus Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841 - right whale dolphins (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Gloger, 1841:169.
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Types

Type of: Lissodelphininae (Subfamily) Fraser & Purves, 1960 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 141. [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Leucorhamphus (Genus) Lilljeborg, 1861 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Pachypleurus (Genus) Brandt, 1873 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Pristinocetus (Genus) Trouessart, 1898 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Tursio (Genus) Wagler, 1830 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: right whale dolphins
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