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Carcharias vorax
Taxonomy
Odontaspis vorax was named by le Hon (1871).
It was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax by Heinrich (1969); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax by Van Den Bosch (1969), Bengevoord (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias acutissima by Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Araloselachus vorax by Everaert et al. (2019); it was recombined as Carcharias vorax by Hovestadt (2020).
It was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax by Heinrich (1969); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax by Van Den Bosch (1969), Bengevoord (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias acutissima by Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Araloselachus vorax by Everaert et al. (2019); it was recombined as Carcharias vorax by Hovestadt (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Odontaspis vorax le Hon |
| 1889 | Odontaspis vorax Woodward p. 373 |
| 1969 | Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax Heinrich p. 47 |
| 1969 | Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Van Den Bosch p. 26 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 7-13 |
| 1973 | Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Bengevoord p. 78 figs. 8-11 |
| 2019 | Araloselachus vorax Everaert et al. p. 91 figs. Pl 2, fig 8 |
| 2020 | Carcharias vorax Hovestadt p. 236 |
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†Carcharias vorax le Hon 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available