Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F5011B57-E559-4F72-9131-D457D8B6B998.
Latin adjective in feminine gender, meaning Sicilian.
Full reference: P. Valenti, E. Vlachos, C. Kehlmaier, U. Fritz, G. L. Georgalis, A. H. Luján, R. Micciché, L. Sineo, and M. Delfino. 2022. The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-14
Belongs to Solitudo according to P. Valenti et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Solitudo gymnesica, Solitudo robusta
Type specimen: ZCSP US.0-Q2, a limb element (an almost complete right femur, missing only part of the major trochanter). Its type locality is Zubbio di Cozzo San Pietro Cave, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Italy.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Zubbio di Cozzo San Pietro Cave
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