Clupea Linnaeus 1758 (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to A. F. Bannikov 2014

See also Agassiz 1835, Arambourg 1925, Carnevale et al. 2006, Ciobanu 1977, Constantin 1999, David 1943, de Beaufort 1926, Heinrich 1969, Holec 1975, Jerzmanska 1968, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Leidy 1873, Pauca 1929, Sauvage 1873, Sepkoski 2002, Weiler 1938 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius

Subtaxa: Clupea (Meletta) Clupea arcuata Clupea arezedi Clupea beurardi Clupea brevis Clupea caudata Clupea cephalus Clupea chrysosoma Clupea curta Clupea dentex Clupea denticiformis Clupea elongata Clupea gigantea Clupea guestfalica Clupea hadleyi Clupea inflata Clupea longimana Clupea macrocephala Clupea megapteryx Clupea microcephala Clupea minutissima Clupea ophthalmica Clupea opisthopteryx Clupea pallasii Clupea polyachanthina Clupea saulos Clupea scheuchseri Clupea sprattus Clupea tenuissima Clupea testis Clupea tiejei Clupea trinacridis Clupea ventricosa Clupea voinovi Clupea weileri Clupea xenophanis Clupea zanclea

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), North Korea (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), United States (2: California)

• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Romania (4), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene of Greece (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), India (1), Lebanon (2), Portugal (1)

Total: 30 collections including 37 occurrences

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