NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Testudinellidae
  Order - Flosculariaceae
  Superorder - Gnesiotrocha
  Subclass - Monogononta
  Class - Monogonta
  Phylum - Rotifera
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Testudinella patina
      Species - Testudinella dicella
      Species - Testudinella emarginula
      Species - Testudinella incisa
      Species - Testudinella naumanni
      Species - Testudinella parva
      Species - Testudinella reflexa
      Species - Testudinella tridentata
      Species - Testudinella caeca
      Species - Testudinella angulata
      Species - Testudinella triangularis
      Species - Testudinella epicopta
      Species - Testudinella dentata
      Species - Testudinella elliptica
      Species - Testudinella truncata
      Species - Testudinella clypeata
      Species - Testudinella ovata