Testudines

Chelonia mydas

Taxonavigation

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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
Subordines: Cryptodira - †Paracryptodira - Pleurodira - †Proganochelydia - incertae sedis

†Pleurosternidae

References

• Fong, J.J.; Qiao, G-x. 2010: New localities of endangered Chinese turtles from museum specimens and the practical and ethical challenges using and reporting natural history collection data. Zootaxa, 2393: 59–68. Preview
• Fritz, U. 2011: Order Testudines Batsch, 1788. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148: 61–62. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7 (online edition) PDF
• Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010: Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa, 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF
• Nowak-Kemp, M.; Fritz, U. 2010: Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum. Zootaxa, 2604: 1-19. Preview

Vernacular names

Bahasa Melayu: Penyu
Български: Костенурки
Català: Tortuga
Česky: ?elvy
Српски / Srpski: Кор?ачa
Cymraeg: Crwban
Dansk: Skildpadde
Deutsch: Schildkröten
Diné bizaad: Chʼééh digháhii
English: Turtle
Español: Tortuga
Esperanto: Testudo
Français: Testudines
Galego: Tartaruga
한국어: 거북
Հայերեն: Կրիաներ
Hrvatski: Kornjače
Italiano: Testudines
עברית: צבים
Latina: Testudo
Magyar: Teknősök
Nederlands: Schildpadden
日本語: カメ目
Polski: Żółwie
Português: Tartaruga
Русский: Черепахи
Simple English: Turtle
Suomi: Kilpikonnat
Svenska: Havsskoldpaddor
Türkçe: Kaplumbağalar
中文: 烏龜

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