BeRMS taxon details

Testudines 
AphiaID: 2689

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Reptilia
Authority Linnaeus, 1758
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Order
Parent Reptilia
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

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. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes, 6. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada: Ottawa, Canada. pag.var pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch schildpadden  [details]
German Schildkröten  [details]
Italian testuggini  [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 Черепахи  [details]
Ukrainian Черепа́хи  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Suborder Cryptodira
Environment marine
Links To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2689
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-12-27 19:49:34Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: BeRMS (2013). Testudines. In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2689 on 2013-05-24
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