Wollumbinia bellii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Anapsida Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Wollumbinia
Species: Wollumbinia bellii
Subspecies: W. b. bellii – W. b. dorriani

Name

Wollumbinia bellii (Gray, 1844)

Synonyms

• Phrynops bellii Gray, 1844
  • Elseya bellii (Gray, 1844)
  • Wollumbinia bellii (Gray, 1844) Wells, 2007: 2 ('comb. nov.')
  • Myuchelys bellii (Gray, 1844) Thomson & Georges, 2009: 33
• Elseya dorriani Wells, 2002 [subspecies]

References

cited sources

• Thomson, S.; Georges, A. 2009: Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa, 2053: 32-42. Abstract & excerpt
• Wells, R.W. 2002: Taxonomic notes on some Australian freshwater turtles of the genera Chelodina and Elseya (Reptilia: Chelidae). Australian biodiversity record, 2002(2): 1-30. ISSN: 1325-2992 PDF
• Wells, R.W. 2007: Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia. Australian biodiversity record, 2007(3): 1-13. ISSN: 1325-2992 PDF

additional references

• Fritz, U.; Havaš, P. 2007: Checklist of chelonians of the World. Vertebrate zoology, 57: 149-368. ISSN: 1864-5755
• Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010: Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa, 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF

Vernacular names

English: Bell's Turtle, Western Sawshelled Turtle