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Carcharhinus leucas

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias leucas was named by Valenciennes (1839).

It was recombined as Carcharhinus leucas by Purdy et al. (2001), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. longimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Carcharias leucas Valenciennes
2001Carcharhinus leucas Purdy et al. p. 151
2018Carcharhinus leucas Kent p. 115
2019Carcharhinus leucas Landini et al. p. 361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciesleucas(Valenciennes 1839)

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.

†Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Carcharhinus leucas (211540)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus leucas (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Carcharhinus leucas (167732)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Carcharhinus leucas (100330)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (161381)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (161375 161377)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Carcharhinus leucas (200110 200111)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Carcharhinus leucas (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus leucas (160565)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus leucas (168112)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (162452)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) Carcharhinus leucas (162465)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal (Azores) Carcharhinus leucas (154210)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Carcharhinus leucas (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Carcharhinus leucas (65955)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Carcharhinus leucas (154117)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus leucas (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Carcharhinus leucas (152330)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Andalusia) Carcharhinus leucas (232725)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (46369)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Carcharhinus leucas (96587)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharhinus leucas (154118)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Carcharhinus leucas (20400 58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Carcharhinus leucas (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Carcharhinus leucas (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Carcharhinus leucas (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Carcharhinus leucas (20604 20613)