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

      Direct Children

      Species - Elseya dentata
      Species - Elseya novaeguineae
      Species - Elseya albagula
      Species - Elseya branderhorsti
      Species - Elseya irwini
      Species - Elseya lavarackorum
      Species - Elseya schultzei