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Lactarius

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Lactariidae

Taxonomy
Lactarius was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lactariinae by Schwarzhans (1980); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lactariidae by Stinton (1957), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1984), Schwarzhans (1985), Nolf and Bajpai (1992), Schwarzhans (2019) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lactarius Cuvier and Valenciennes
1957Lactarius Stinton p. 88
1978Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 33
1980Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 193
1984Lactarius Steurbaut p. 84
1985Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 46
1992Lactarius Nolf and Bajpai p. 201
2002Lactarius Sepkoski
2019Lactarius Ebersole et al. p. 205
2019Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyLactariidae
genusLactariusCuvier and Valenciennes 1833

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.

G. Lactarius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
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Lactarius amplus Pomerol 1973
Lactarius atlanticus Steubaut and Jonet 1982
Lactarius nonfungus Nolf and Bajpai 1992
Lactarius primigenius Schwarzhans 2019
Lactarius pusillus Schwarzhans 2019
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934
Lactarius tumulatus Stinton 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available