Alopias

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Taxon taxon Q627902
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Alopias

Summary

Alopias is a taxon[1]. Alopias ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,756 views/month, #764 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alopias's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alopias is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alopias is classified within Alopiidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alopias is Alopias[6].
  • Alopias's Commons category is recorded as Alopias[7].
  • Alopias began on -49000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Alopias's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alopias[9].
  • Alopias's vocalized name is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'כְּרִישׁוּעָל'}[10].
  • Alopias's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[11].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Alopias's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68055[12]. Alopias's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7851[13]. Alopias's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559742[14]. Alopias's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2420796[15]. Alopias's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159915[16].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Alopias include USS Thresher[17], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[18].

Why It Matters

Alopias ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,756 views/month, #764 of 195,241).[2] Alopias has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Alopias is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for Alopias include USS Thresher[17], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taicol id (new version) t0009726
    Start time -49000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon Alopiidae
    Instance of taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294759305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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