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Plicatoscyllium minutum

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus minutus was named by Forir (1887).

It was recombined as Ginglymostoma minutum by Herman (1977); it was recombined as Plicatoscyllium minutum by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Cappetta and Corral (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hybodus minutus Forir
1977Ginglymostoma minutum Herman p. 153
1997Plicatoscyllium minutum Noubhani and Cappetta p. 42 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-8
1999Plicatoscyllium minutum Cappetta and Corral p. 350 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
superfamilyOrectoloboideaMaylor 2012
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusPlicatoscyllium
speciesminutum(Forir 1887)

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.

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Diagnosis
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