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 - Chelinae
  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 - Mesoclemmys dahli
      Species - Mesoclemmys gibba
      Species - Mesoclemmys heliostemma
      Species - Mesoclemmys hogei
      Species - Mesoclemmys nasuta
      Species - Mesoclemmys perplexa
      Species - Mesoclemmys raniceps
      Species - Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei
      Species - Mesoclemmys zuliae
      Species - Mesoclemmys tuberculata