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Emys marmorata (western pond turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Emys marmorata was named by Baird and Girard (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Actinemys marmorata by Agassiz (1857), Holman and Fritz (2001) and van Dijk et al. (2014); it was recombined as Clemmys marmorata by McDowell (1964) and Bickham (1975).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Emys marmorata Baird and Girard
1857Actinemys marmorata Agassiz
1959Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn
1964Clemmys marmorata McDowell
1975Clemmys marmorata Bickham p. 200
2001Actinemys marmorata Holman and Fritz p. 323
2001Actinemys owyheensis Holman and Fritz p. 324
2014Actinemys marmorata van Dijk et al.
2018Emys marmorata Vlachos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806
speciesmarmorataBaird and Girard 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 [western pond turtle]
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Invalid names: Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available