Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spellings: Orcaellidae, Orcellidae

Full reference: M. Nishiwaki. 1963. Taxonomical consideration on genera of Delphinidae. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Instititute 17:93-104

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to G. Bianucci and W. Landini 2007

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Etruridelphis, Globicephalinae, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Leucopleurus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Orcaella, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Septidelphis, Steno, Stenonina, Stenoninae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore