NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Testudo graeca graeca
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca armeniaca
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca buxtoni
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca cyrenaica
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca ibera
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca marokkensis
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca nabeulensis
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca soussensis
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca terrestris
      Subspecies - Testudo graeca zarudnyi