Platanista Wagler 1830

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 738

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Platanista Wagler 1830
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Treatment

Platanista Wagler 1830 , Naturliches Syst. Amphibien: 35.

Type Species: Delphinus gangetica Roxburgh 1801

Synonyms: Susu Lesson 1828 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801)

Species Platanista minor Owen 1853

Discussion: Authorship reviewed by Pilleri (1978). The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1989) conserved Platanista Wagler, 1830 and gangeticus Roxburgh, 1801 and suppressed Susu Lesson, 1828 . The controversy over the original description still is active, with Kinze (2000) giving reasons why Lebeck, 1801 should be the authority.