Testudines

See also: testudines

Translingual

Chelonia mydas

Etymology

Latin plural of testudo (“tortoise”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛˈstjuːdɪniːz/
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Proper noun

Testudines

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Amniota - clade; Reptilia - class

Hyponyms

(order): Cryptodira, Pleurodira - extant suborders
- Carettochelyidae, Chelidae, Cheloniidae, Chelydridae, Dermatemydidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae, Pelomedusidae, Platysternidae, Podocnemididae, Staurotypidae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae - families

References

Turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Testudines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Testudines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Testudines at World Register of Marine Species
Testudines at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Testudines at Encyclopedia of Life
Testudines at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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