NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Kinosterninae
  Family - Kinosternidae
  Superfamily - Kinosternoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Kinosternon baurii
      Species - Kinosternon flavescens
      Species - Kinosternon hirtipes
      Species - Kinosternon sonoriense
      Species - Kinosternon acutum
      Species - Kinosternon alamosae
      Species - Kinosternon angustipons
      Species - Kinosternon creaseri
      Species - Kinosternon dunni
      Species - Kinosternon herrerai
      Species - Kinosternon integrum
      Species - Kinosternon leucostomum
      Species - Kinosternon oaxacae
      Species - Kinosternon scorpioides
      Species - Kinosternon arizonense
      Species - Kinosternon chimalhuaca
      Species - Kinosternon durangoense
      Species - Kinosternon subrubrum