Testudines

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin plural of testudo (“tortoise”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛˈstjuːdɪniːz/ === Proper noun === Testudines A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – turtles and tortoises. ==== Synonyms ==== Chelonii ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amniota – clade; Reptilia – class ==== Hyponyms ==== (order): Cryptodira, Pleurodira – extant suborders Carettochelyidae, Chelidae, Cheloniidae, Chelydridae, Dermatemydidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae, Pelomedusidae, Platysternidae, Podocnemididae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae – extant families === References === Turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Testudines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Testudines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Testudines at World Register of Marine Species Testudines at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Testudines at National Center for Biotechnology Information Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI