IRMNG - Pelusios Wagler, 1830

IRMNG taxon details

Pelusios Wagler, 1830

IRMNG_ID

1441206 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1441206)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868

Synonymised names

Pelusius Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

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Species Pelusios adansonii Schweigger, 1812
Species Pelusios bechuanicus Fitzsimons, 1932
Species Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986
Species Pelusios carinatus Laurent, 1956
Species Pelusios castaneus Schweigger, 1812
Species Pelusios castanoides Hewitt, 1931
Species Pelusios chapini Laurent, 1965
Species Pelusios cupulatta Bour & Maran, 2003
Species Pelusios gabonensis Duméril, 1856
Species Pelusios marani Bour, 2000
Species Pelusios nanus Laurent, 1956
Species Pelusios niger Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Species Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt, 1927
Species Pelusios seychellensis Siebenrock, 1906
Species Pelusios sinuatus Smith, 1838
Species Pelusios subniger Lacépède, 1788
Species Pelusios upembae Broadley, 1981
Species Pelusios williamsi Laurent, 1965
Species Pelusios castaneus Wermuth & Mertens, 1977 accepted as Pelusios bechuanicus Fitzsimons, 1932

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Wagler, J. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. München, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J. G. Cotta. vi+354 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120243
page(s): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Pelusios Wagler, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1441206 on 2024-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)

original description Wagler, J. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. München, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J. G. Cotta. vi+354 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120243
page(s): 137 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Duellman, 1982 [details]

verified source for family Gaffney, E.S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P.A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 300: 1-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Gaffney, E.S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P.A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 300: 1-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Duellman, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Pelusius Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]