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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Testudines. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2689 on 2025-11-05
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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., 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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