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 - Deirochelyinae
  Family - Emydidae
  Superfamily - Testudinoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Trachemys scripta
      Species - Trachemys gaigeae
      Species - Trachemys stejnegeri
      Species - Trachemys decorata
      Species - Trachemys decussata
      Species - Trachemys dorbigni
      Species - Trachemys nebulosa
      Species - Trachemys ornata
      Species - Trachemys taylori
      Species - Trachemys terrapen
      Species - Trachemys yaquia
      Species - Trachemys adiutrix
      Species - Trachemys callirostris
      Species - Trachemys emolli
      Species - Trachemys venusta