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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Reptilia (class)  »  Testudines (order)  »  Chelidae (family)

CAAB Code: 39 006020 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Myuchelys purvisi   (Wells & Wellington, 1985)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles
Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list
Common Name: Manning River helmeted turtle
Common Names List:
Organism Type: a chelid turtle
Synonyms: Elseya purvisi Elseya latisternum purvisiWollumbinia purvisi
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 purvisi in Artner, 2008. Transferred to genus Myuchelys in 2009, previously Elseya. The name Wollumbinia purvisi 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:8ae7d3ce-b6c8-477f-b13b-b82cf41c9fda
Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21
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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.
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