Myuchelys bellii

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: Myuchelys

Myuchelys bellii (Gray, 1844)

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 nomen novum
Wollumbinia dorsii Wells, 2009 nomen novum

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 Reference page.
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

Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2007. Checklist of chelonians of the World. Vertebrate zoology 57: 149–368. PDF Reference page.
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.

English: Bell's Turtle, Western Sawshelled Turtle