''Cycloderma'' is a
genus of softshell
turtles in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Cyclanorbinae
Cyclanorbinae, also known commonly as the flapshell turtles, is a subfamily of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. The subfamily is native to Africa and Asia.
Taxonomy
Morphological evidence supports Cyclanorbinae being the sister ...
of the
family Trionychidae. The genus is
endemic to
Africa.
Species
The genus ''Cycloderma'' contains the following extant species:
*
Aubry's flapshell turtle
Aubry's flapshell turtle (''Cycloderma aubryi'') is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, ''aubryi'', is in honor of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte (1821� ...
– ''Cycloderma aubryi''
*
Zambezi flapshell turtle
The Zambezi flapshell turtle (''Cycloderma frenatum'') is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae). Within its family, ''C. frenatum'' belongs to the smaller, and exclusively Old World, subfamily Cyclanorbinae.
Geographic range
...
– ''Cycloderma frenatum''
Two
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
fossil species are also known: ''
Cycloderma victoriae
''Cycloderma'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Species
The genus ''Cycloderma'' contains the following extant species:
* Aubry's flapshell turtle – ''Cy ...
'' , from the early
Miocene of
Kenya; and ''
Cycloderma debroinae
''Cycloderma'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the Family (biology), family Trionychidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to Africa.
Species
The genus ''Cycloderma'' contains the following extant species:
*Aubry' ...
'' , from the late Miocene to the
Pliocene of Kenya.
''
Nota bene'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Cycloderma''.
References
Bibliography
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Further reading
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Peters W (1854). "''Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schilkröten'' ". ''Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1854: 215-216. (''Cycloderma'', new genus, p. 216). (in German and Latin).
Turtle genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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