Caretta caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758
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Description
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758:197)
Holotype: None designated, and no original material remains (Wallin 1985). Linnaeus’ (1758:197) Testudo caretta was apparently based solely on reports in the literature and was a composite of Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata (Wallin 1985:121; Brongersma 1961). See also Comment under Chelonia mydas.
Testudo marina Garrault 1764:Pl. 675
Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 675).
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783:303
Holotype: Not designated (Cogger et al. 1983:67; Dodd 1990:1).
Testudo caouana Lacepède 1788:95
Holotype: Not located, possibly MNHN.
Testudo nasicornis Lacepède 1788:103
Holotype: Not designated (Cogger et al. 1983:67; Dodd 1990:1); see discussion in TTWG (2009, comment 9.7).
Testudo caouana Bonnaterre 1789:20
Holotype: Not located, possibly MNHN.
Testudo gigas Walbaum in Donndorff 1798:35
Holotype: Not located.
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814:66
Holotype: Not designated (Dodd 1990:1). Nomen novum according to Cogger (1983:67), not an original description.
Caretta atra Merrem 1820:17
Holotype: Not designated (Dodd 1990:1); see discussion in TTWG (2009, comment 9.7).
Chelonia radiata Cuvier 1829:14
Holotype: Not located; MNHN according to Smith & Smith (1980:285); illustrated in Schoepff (1793: Pl. XVIb) according to Cuvier (1829) and Cogger et al. (1983:72).
Chelonia pelasgorum Valenciennes in Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833: Pl. 6
Holotype: Not designated (Dodd 1990:1); however, MNHN 7907 is figured in Pl. 6 of the original description.
Caouana elongata Gray 1844:53
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.41 (Cogger et al. 1983:63).
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858:431
Holotype: USNM 7778 (Cochran 1961:235; Reynolds et al. 2007:10).
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933:66
Syntypes (uncertain): Not originally designated, but BMNH 1946.1.22.64 and 1947.3.5.76 according to Smith & Smith (1980:307) and Cogger et al. (1983:68), both being parts of the same specimen, and formerly 1934.5.1.1 according to Das (2009:5 who believed that the illustration in the original description (Pl. V) should be considered a syntype).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Material sample ID
- BMNH 1947.3
- Scientific name authorship
- caretta (Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Caretta
- Species
- caretta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Iverson, 2022
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. [10 th Ed.]. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm], 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
- Wallin, L. (1985) A survey of Linnaeus's material of Chelone mydas, Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia, Cheloniidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85, 121 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1985. tb 01501. x
- Brongersma, L. D. (1961) Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie Leiden, 51, 1 - 46.
- Schneider, J. G. (1783) Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkroten, nebst einem systematischen Verzeichnisse der einzelnen Arten und zwey Kupfern. J. G. Muller, Leipzig, 364 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5788
- Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E. & Cogger, H. M. (1983) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 313 pp.
- Dodd, C. K., Jr. (1990) Caretta caretta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 483, 1 - 7.
- Lacepede, B. G. E. de. (1788) Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens. Tome Premier. Hotel de Thou, Paris, 651 pp. [octavo edition, 8 o]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5036
- Bonnaterre, P. - J. (1789) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature. Erpetologie. Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, Paris, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660
- Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (1829) Le Regne Animal Distribue d'apres son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparee. Nouvelle Edition, Revue et Augmentee [Edition 2]. Tome II. Deterville, Paris, 406 pp.
- Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [" 1979 "]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548
- Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220
- Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626
- Das, I. (2009) The discovery of Indian turtles, with notes on publications, type localities and type repositories. ENVIS Bulletin, 12, 1 - 14.