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IRMNG taxon detailsTestudines
Chelonia · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Dubois & Bour, 2010 ascribe authorship of this taxon name to Wagler, 1830 on the basis that " Testudines Batsch, 1788 is a...
Taxonomic remark Dubois & Bour, 2010 ascribe authorship of this taxon name to Wagler, 1830 on the basis that " Testudines Batsch, 1788 is a family-series, not a class-series nomen", instead proposing the use of Chelonii Brogniart, 1800 for this taxon (Chelonia Ross & Macartney, 1802 is also found more commonly in the literature), a practice not followed by most current authors. [details]
IRMNG (2024). Testudines. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10605 on 2025-01-30
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Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]
additional source Fritz, U.; Havaš, P. (2013). Order Testudines: 2013 update. <em>In</em>: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3703(1): 12-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.4 [details] additional source Dubois, A.; Bour, R. (2010). The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. <em>Bonn Zoological Bulletin.</em> 57(2): 149-171., available online at https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_57_2/149_171_BzB57_2_Dubois_Alain_and_Bour_Roger.PDF note: disputes both authorship and validity of this taxon name, refer note [details] current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details] Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Dubois & Bour, 2010 ascribe authorship of this taxon name to Wagler, 1830 on the basis that " Testudines Batsch, 1788 is a family-series, not a class-series nomen", instead proposing the use of Chelonii Brogniart, 1800 for this taxon (Chelonia Ross & Macartney, 1802 is also found more commonly in the literature), a practice not followed by most current authors. [details]
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