Testudines

See also: testudines

Translingual

Chelonia mydas

Etymology

Latin plural of testudo (“tortoise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈstjuːdɪniːz/

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Proper noun

Testudines

1. 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 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