Chelonia
Chelonia is a name for the whole order of turtles, and for a particular turtles:[1]
- Chelonia, a name for all turtles. Nowadays Testudines is often preferred.
- Chelonia mydas, the Green sea turtle.
Sources
- ↑ Dubois, A.. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57 (2) (2010). p. 149–171. Retrieved 2014-05-15.