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

  Family - Pelomedusidae
  Suborder - Pleurodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pelusios adansonii
      Species - Pelusios bechuanicus
      Species - Pelusios broadleyi
      Species - Pelusios carinatus
      Species - Pelusios castaneus
      Species - Pelusios castanoides
      Species - Pelusios chapini
      Species - Pelusios gabonensis
      Species - Pelusios nanus
      Species - Pelusios niger
      Species - Pelusios rhodesianus
      Species - Pelusios sinuatus
      Species - Pelusios upembae
      Species - Pelusios williamsi
      Species - Pelusios cupulatta
      Species - Pelusios marani
      Species - Pelusios subniger