Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Invalid subtaxa: Delphinus (Clymene) tursio Fabricius 1780 [nomen dubium], Delphinus dewaeli Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Delphinus pernettensis Blainville 1817 [nomen oblitum], Delphinus pernettyi Blainville 1817 [nomen oblitum], Delphinus tursio Fabricius 1780 [nomen dubium], Delphinus wasii Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Eudelphinus Van Beneden and Gervais 1880, Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [nomen nudum], Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956, Stenella pernettyi Blainville 1817 [nomen oblitum], Tursiops Gervais 1855
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae (Stockholm) 1-823
Parent taxon: Delphininae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Sagmatias, Sousa, Stenella
Subtaxa: Delphinus attenuata, Delphinus capensis, Delphinus dationum, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus tropicalis, Delphinus truncatus, Eudelphinus compressus, Eudelphinus pliocaenus, Lagenodelphis hosei, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops brocchii, Tursiops capellinii, Tursiops osennae
Type: Delphinus delphis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore