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Taxon: Species Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) - green sea turtle (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 197.
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Subsequent generic combination: 
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Types

Type of: Chelonia (Genus) Brongniart, 1800 Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Chelonia mydas mydas (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Former rank: Chelonia mydas mydas (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 343.

Combinations

Basionym: Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Junior subjective synonym: Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868 Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 344.
Junior subjective synonym: Chelonia mydas agassizii Bocourt, 1868 Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 344.
Junior subjective synonym: Chelonia mydas carrinegra Caldwell, 1962a Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 344.
Junior subjective synonym: Chelonia mydas japonica (THUNBERG 1787) Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 344.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: soepschildpad Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: green sea turtle Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 343.
: green turtle Ref: 1991.
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