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Mauremys sinensis

Description

Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834:53)

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.26.

Emys bennetii Gray 1844:21)

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1947.3.4.24 (formerly 1854.5.4.19) and 1947.3.5.27 (formerly 1854.5.4.10).

Testudo anyangensis t Ping 1830:217

Holotype: Not located; probably in the NZMC; illustrated in the original description (Figs. 1–3).

Ocadia sinensis changwui t Tao 1988:233

Holotype: Private collection of Chang-Wu Pan, Tainan, Taiwan; illustrated in the original description (Figs. 1–3, 2–3A); NTUM F0076 is a cast of the holotype.

Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth 1856:714)

Holotype: ZSI 816 (Das et al. 1998:127; Das 2009:4; Kundu et al. 2018:47, photographed therein, p. 49, Fig. 33d–e).

Chaibassia theobaldi Anderson 1879:718

Syntypes (2): ZSI 188-189 (Kundu et al. 2018:47, ZSI 188 (skull) photographed therein, p. 49, Fig. 33c, but 189 lost).

Nicoria tricarinata sivalensis t Lydekker 1889: 100

Holotype: NHM(P) 39839.

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , NTUM , NZMC , ZSI
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Mauremys
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1947.3 , F0076 , ZSI 188-189, ZSI 188
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Species
sinensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Das, I., Dattagupta, B. & Gayen, N. C. (1998) History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3 (2), 121 - 172.
  • Das, I. (2009) The discovery of Indian turtles, with notes on publications, type localities and type repositories. ENVIS Bulletin, 12, 1 - 14.
  • Kundu, S., Kumar, V., Murthy, B. H. C. K & Chandra, K. (2018) Chelonian types of National Zoological Collections. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 118 / i 1 / 2018 / 122300
  • Lydekker, R. (1889) Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III Chelonia. British Museum of Natural History, London, 239 pp.