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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 006019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myuchelys latisternum   (J.E. Gray, 1867)
Rank:	Species

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

Scientific Name Notes:	Transferred to genus Myuchelys in 2009, previously Elseya. The name Wollumbinia latisternum 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:cb2ceb74-d8d9-4021-b43f-65ab06dbe4d2 Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1447997 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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.