Caretta Rafinesque, 1814

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Rafinesque, C. S. (1814). Prodromo di erpetologica Sicilians. <em>Specchio delle Scienze o giornale encidopedicodi Sicilia.</em> 2(9): 65-67.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Reptilia

order

Testudines

family

Cheloniidae

genus

Caretta

Name

Synonyms

Caouana Cocteau & Bibron, 1838

Eremonia Gray, 1873

Halichelys Fitzinger, 1843

Thalassiochelis Nardo, 1864

Thalassiochelys

Thalassochelys Fitzinger, 1835

Thallasochelys Barbour & Cole, 1906

Thalssochelys

Homonyms

Caretta Rafinesque, 1814

Common names

Caretta in Danish

Loggerhead Sea Turtles in English

loggerhead in English

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