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Malaclemys terrapin subsp. pileata

Description

Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied-Neuwied 1865:17)

Syntypes (4): AMNH 799, 800, and 916 (latter speculated to be the “type?” by Hay 1905:17); and ZMB 81. ZMB 81 designated as lectotype by Fritz et al. (1994:167).

Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum Fowler 1906: 112

Holotype: ANSP 16570 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. IV; Malnate 1971:353).

Malaclemys tuberculifera Gray 1844:29

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.29.

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , IV
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Malaclemys
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1947.3
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Wied-Neuwied
Species
pileata
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Malaclemys terrapin subsp. pileata (Wied-Neuwied, 1865) sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Hay, W. P. (1905 [" 1904 "]. A revision of Malaclemmys, a genus of turtles. Bulletin of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 24, 1 - 19. [Published Feb 1905].
  • Fritz, U., Obst, F. & Gunther, R. (1994) Kritischer Typen- Katalog der Schildkrotensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie Berlin, 70 (1), 157 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19940700110
  • Malnate, E. V. (1971) A catalog of primary types in the herpetological collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 123 (9), 345 - 375.