WoRMS taxon details
Testudines
2689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2689)
Linnaeus, 1758
accepted
Order
- Family Bataguridae Gray, 1870
- Suborder Cryptodira
- Suborder Pleurodira
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Testudines. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2689 on 2026-08-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G.; Scott, W.B. (1981). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic fishing area 34, 47 (in part): 6. Shrimps and prawns, true crabs, Stomatopoda, bivalves, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, sea turtles. <i>FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes</i>, 6. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada: Ottawa, Canada. pag.var pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | schildpadden | [details] |
| English | turtles | [details] |
| German | Schildkröten | [details] |
| Italian | testuggini | [details] |
| Japanese | カメ目 | [details] |
| Lithuanian | vėžliai | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Χελώνες | [details] |
| Norwegian | skilpadder | [details] |
| Polish | żółwie | [details] |
| Russian | черепахи | [details] |
| Slovenian | želve | [details] |
| Swedish | sköldpaddor | [details] |
| Turkish | kaplumbağalar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Черепа́хиЧерепахи | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudines)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Testudines Batsch, 1788; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5009063)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudines)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Testudines Batsch, 1788; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5009063)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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