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Mordacia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Cephalaspidomorphi Order: Petromyzontiformes Family: Petromyzontidae Subfamily: Mordaciinae Genus: Mordacia
J. E. Gray, 1851Species see text
Mordacia is the sole genus of the subfamily Mordaciinae of the family Petromyzontidae. It contains the following species:
- Mordacia lapicida (J. E. Gray, 1851) (Chilean lamprey)
- Mordacia mordax (J. Richardson, 1846) (Australian lamprey)
- Mordacia praecox (Potter, 1968) (Non-parasitic lamprey)
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Extant lamprey species Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Hyperoartia · Order Petromyzontiformes · Family Petromyzontidae Caspiomyzon Eudontomyzon Ichthyomyzon Lampetra Least Brook Lamprey (L. aepyptera) · LethenteronMordacia Petromyzon Categories:- Petromyzontidae
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