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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 006017 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myuchelys bellii   (J.E. Gray, 1844)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list Common Name: western sawshelled turtle Common Names List: Organism Type: a chelid turtle Synonyms: Phrynops bellii Elseya bellii Elseya latisternum bellii Wollumbinia belli Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 39 006905     Myuchelys spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	Cited as Elseya latisternum bellii in Artner, 2008. Transferred to genus Myuchelys in 2009, previously Phrynops or Elseya. The name Wollumbinia belli is used for this taxon in some sources although the genus Wollumbinia Wells, 2007 is considered not validly published according to Georges & Thomson, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:ec40daf6-ffab-4530-91b2-5ea460510291 Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Georges A., Thomson, S., 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species., Zootaxa, Vol. 2496: 1-37.