RAS taxon details
Testudines
2689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2689)
Linnaeus, 1758
accepted
Order
- Suborder Cryptodira
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Testudines. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2689 on 2026-07-29
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Testudines. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2689 on 2026-07-29
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G.; Scott, W.B. (1981). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic fishing area 34, 47 (in part): 6. Shrimps and prawns, true crabs, Stomatopoda, bivalves, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, sea turtles. <i>FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes</i>, 6. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada: Ottawa, Canada. pag.var pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G.; Scott, W.B. (1981). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic fishing area 34, 47 (in part): 6. Shrimps and prawns, true crabs, Stomatopoda, bivalves, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, sea turtles. <i>FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes</i>, 6. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada: Ottawa, Canada. pag.var pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudines)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Testudines Batsch, 1788; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5009063)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudines)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Testudines Batsch, 1788; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5009063)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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