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Alopiidae

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Taxon monotypic_taxon Q17280257
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Alopiidae

Summary

Alopiidae is a monotypic taxon[1]. Alopiidae ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alopiidae's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Alopiidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Alopiidae belongs to the parent taxon Lamniformes[5].
  • Alopiidae's scientific name is Alopiidae[6].
  • Alopiidae's Commons category is recorded as Alopiidae[7].
  • Alopiidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alopiidae[8].

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Classification

Alopiidae's scientific name is Alopiidae[6]. Alopiidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Alopiidae belongs to the parent taxon Lamniformes[5].

Identifiers

Alopiidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68054[9]. Alopiidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7850[10]. Alopiidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1881[11]. Alopiidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2203[12]. Alopiidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159928[13].

Why It Matters

Alopiidae ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[2] Alopiidae has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Alopiidae is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i43111
    Parent taxon → Lamniformes
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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