Familia:Balaenidae
Genus:Balaena
Species (1):B. mysticetus

BalaenaLinnaeus, 1758:75 [conserved name]

• Type species:Balaena mysticetusLinnaeus, 1758, by Linnean tautonymy.
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 75 (1922:37).

• LeiobalaenaEschricht, 1849

• Linnaeus, C. 1758.Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp.DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.542BHLReference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1922. Opinion 75. Twenty-seven generic names of Protozoa, Vermes, Pisces, Reptilia and Mammalia included in the Official List of Zoological Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(1): 35–37.BHLReference page. 

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