Myuchelys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Myuchelys
Species (3): M. bellii – M. georgesi – M. latisternum – M. purvisi

Name

• Myuchelys Thomson & Georges, 2009
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Elseya latisternum Gray, 1867
    • Fixation: original designation [see p. 33]

Synonymy

• Wollumbinia Wells, 2007 (unavailable name sec Fritz & Havaš 2007; TTWG 2012; 2014, 2017, 2021; Georges & Thomson 2010)
• Myuchelys Thomson & Georges, 2009
  • Flaviemys Le et al.., 2013 (unavailable name, fails Art. 8.5.2 ICZN Code).

References

Primary references

• Wells, R.W. 2007. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new genus of the family Chelidae from eastern Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record 2007(3): 1–13. PDF Reference page. 
• Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2007. Checklist of chelonians of the World. Vertebrate zoology 57: 149–368. PDF Reference page. 
• Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2009. Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. [first availability, see p. 33]
• Le, M.D. et al. 2013: Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 68(2): 251–258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.023 Reference page. 
• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021.PDF Reference page. 
• ZooBank: 540D787B-5BB1-410B-B385-4264F863E22D

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Myuchelys – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Myuchelys.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]
• ZooBank

Vernacular names

English: Australasian Saw-shelled turtles