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Pachyscyllium distans

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyllium distans was named by Probst (1879).

It was recombined as Scyliorhinus distans by Cappetta (1973), Antunes et al. (1981), Case (1981), Mora Morote (1996); it was recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) distans by Gille et al. (2010); it was recombined as Premontreia distans by VillafaƱa et al. (2020); it was recombined as Pachyscyllium distans by Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Everaert et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2025), Landau et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Scyllium distans Probst
1973Scyliorhinus distans Cappetta p. 215
1981Scyliorhinus distans Antunes et al. p. 17
1981Scyliorhinus distans Case p. 62
1996Scyliorhinus distans Mora Morote p. 109 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2,4,5
2010Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) distans Gille et al. p. 19 fig. 16
2015Pachyscyllium distans Reinecke and Radwanski p. 10
2019Pachyscyllium distans Everaert et al. p. 91 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
2020Premontreia distans VillafaƱa et al.
2025Pachyscyllium distans Cicimurri et al. p. 36
2025Pachyscyllium distans Landau et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
subfamilyPremontreinae
genusPachyscylliumReinecke et al. 2005
speciesdistans(Probst 1879)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pachyscyllium distans Probst 1879
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Diagnosis
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