Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Gnesiotrocha > Order Flosculariaceae > Family Testudinellidae

Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterodina*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Children

Testudinella caeca (Parsons, 1892)
Testudinella clypeata (Müller, 1786)
Testudinella clypleata (O. F. Müller, 1786)
Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Testudinella incisa (Ternetz, 1892)
Testudinella mucronata (Gosse, 1886)
Testudinella obscura Althaus, 1957
Testudinella parva (Ternetz, 1892)
Testudinella patina (Hermann, 1783)
Testudinella reflexa (Gosse, 1887)
Testudinella tridentata Smirnov, 1931
Testudinella truncata (Gosse, 1886)
Testudinella vanoyei Gillard, 1942

Literature

original description	Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. Paris. Veuve Agasse. XI+104.
original description	Bory de Saint-Vincent, M. (1826 [1824]). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. In: Histoire Naturelle, de l'Encyclopédie Méthodique, tome II (Zoophytes). 104 pp.
basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 149-151
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05
taxonomy source	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.
subsequent type designation	Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134934

Hendrik Segers. Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/359a77e5-531a-44f6-bddc-8a68809e2b24