WoRMS taxon details
Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826
134934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134934)
accepted
Genus
Brachionus clypeatus Müller, 1786 accepted as Testudinella clypeata (Müller, 1786) (type by subsequent designation)
Proboskidia Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pterodina Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Testudinella bicorniculata De Smet, 2009
- Species Testudinella clypeata (Müller, 1786)
- Species Testudinella dentata Myers, 1934
- Species Testudinella elongata De Smet, 2009
- Species Testudinella emarginula (Stenroos, 1898)
- Species Testudinella obscura Althaus, 1957
- Species Testudinella patina (Hermann, 1783)
- Species Testudinella pseudobscura Wei, De Smet & Xu, 2011
- Species Testudinella quadrilobata Wei, De Smet & Xu, 2011
- Species Testudinella reflexa (Gosse, 1887)
- Species Testudinella zhujiangensis Wei, De Smet & Xu, 2010
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Bory de Saint-Vincent, M. (1826 [1824]). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. In: Histoire Naturelle, de l'Encyclopédie Méthodique, tome II (Zoophytes). 104 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9668780#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 85-86 [details]
Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.85 [details]
page(s): 85-86 [details]
Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.85 [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134934 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Bory de Saint-Vincent, M. (1826 [1824]). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. In: Histoire Naturelle, de l'Encyclopédie Méthodique, tome II (Zoophytes). 104 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9668780#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 85-86 [details]
original description Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.85 [details]
original description (of Pterodina Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2077
page(s): p.68 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Proboskidia Bory de St. Vincent, 1826) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.84 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 85-86 [details]
original description Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.85 [details]
original description (of Pterodina Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2077
page(s): p.68 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Proboskidia Bory de St. Vincent, 1826) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.84 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/002229302317339707 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.81 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.81 [details] Available for editors
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudinella)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096217)
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To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096217)
To ITIS
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