Emydura macquarii macquarii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Emydura
Species: Emydura macquarii
Subspecies: Emydura macquarii macquarii

Name

• Emydura macquarii macquarii (Gray, 1830:15) sec. Georges & Thomson 2010
  • Type locality: Australia, subsequently corrected to Macquarie River, New South Wales (Gray, 1831; 1872)
  • Holotype: MNHN 9409
  • Type locality: from Australia, subsequently corrected to Macquarie River, New South Wales (Gray 1831; 1872).

Synonymy

Following synonymy based on Georges and Thomson, 2010; TTWG, 2021.

• Emys macquaria Cuvier, 1829 nomen nudum = Chelys (Hydraspis) macquarii Gray 1830.
• Chelys (Hydraspis) macquarii Gray 1830:15, holotype, MNHP 9409.
  • Hydraspis macquarrii Gray 1831
  • Euchelymys sulcifera Gray 1871, lectotype by subsequent designation (Cogger et al., 1983), BMNH 1947.3.5.97, from North Australia
  • Emydura signata Ahl 1932, holotype, ZMB 34102, from Brisbane district, Queensland, Australia
  • Emydura macquarii macquarii Blackmore 1969 First use of combination
  • Emydura canni Worrell 1970, nomen nudum following Wermuth and Mertens 1977
  • Emydura macquarrii signata Wermuth & Mertens 1977.
  • Chelymys cooki Wells & Wellington 1985, nomen nudum following Iverson et al. (2001).
  • Chelymys johncanni Wells & Wellington, 1985, nomen nudum following Iverson et al. (2001).
  • Emydura macquarii signata Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993.
  • Emydura macquarii binjing Cann, 1998, holotype, AMS R59558, from Clarence drainage, New South Wales (29o45'S, 152o15'E).
  • Emydura macquarii dharra Cann, 1998, holotype, AMS R59553, from Macleay River, New South Wales (30o54'S, 152o10'E).
  • Emydura macquarii gunabarra Cann, 1998, holotype, AMS 143596, from Hunter River, New South Wales (32o09'S, 150o58'E).
  • Emydura macquarii dharuk Cann, 1998, holotype, AMS 143598, from Nortons Basin, Nepean River, 0.5 km upstream from the junction of the Waragamba and Nepean Rivers (33o52'S, 150o37'E).

References

• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1830 A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. pp. 1–110 in Griffith, E. (Ed.) The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier [1831 on title cover]. Whittaker, Treacher & Co., London.
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page.