Trionyx

Trionyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Trionychidae
Subfamily:Trionychinae
Genus:Trionyx
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Synonyms

Trionyx is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today T. triunguis, the African or Nile softshell turtle, is the only extant softshell still classified as Trionyx. The other species still assigned to this genus are only known from fossils. T. triunguis is a relatively large, aquatic piscivore.

Species

  • † Trionyx aquitanicus Delfortrie,1869 (nomen dubium)[1]
  • † Trionyx bowerbanki Lydekker, 1889 (nomen dubium)[1]
  • † Trionyx buiei Cope, 1869-1870 (nomen dubium)[2]
  • † Trionyx halophilus Cope, 1869 (nomen dubium)[2]
  • † Trionyx ikoviensis
  • † Trionyx kansaiensis
  • † Trionyx miensis Okazaki and Yoshida, 1977
  • † Trionyx parisiensis Gray, 1831 (nomen dubium)[1]
  • † Trionyx quinni Holman, 1982 (nomen dubium)[2]
  • † Trionyx sculptus Gilmore, 1931 (nomen dubium)[1]
  • Trionyx triunguis (Forsskål, 1775) – African or Nile softshell turtle

† = extinct

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://doc.rero.ch/record/288660/files/joy_rfr.pdf
  2. 1 2 3 https://www.academia.edu/22757881/A_Review_of_the_Fossil_Record_of_New_World_Turtles_of_the_Clade_Pan-Trionychidae


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