Published December 31, 1758 | Version v1
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Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Testudo caretta [spec. nov.]

T. pedibus pinniformibus, unguibus palmarum plantarumque binis, testa ovata acute serrata.

Gron. mus. 2. p. 85. n. 69. Testudo pedibus natatoriis, unguibus acuminatis binis.

Brown. jam. 465. Testudo unguibus utrinque binis acutis, squamis dorsi quinque gibbis.

Catesb. car. 2. p. 39. t. 39. Testudo Caretta Rochef.

Raj. quadr. 258. Testudo Caretta.

Habitat ad insulas Americanas.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 197-198, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Testudo
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
caretta
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758