Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Testudo marginata Schoepff 1793

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Testudo Linnaeus 1758 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
marginata Schoepff 1793 [species]	Testudo
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Chelonii
Suborder	Cryptodira
Superfamily	Testudinoidea
Family	Testudinidae
Genus	Testudo
Species	*marginata*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Dubois, Prof. Alain	group coordinator
Dubois, Prof. Alain	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Testudo marginata Schoepff 1793

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