Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Gnesiotrocha > Order Flosculariaceae > Family Testudinellidae > Genus Testudinella

Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pterodina

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Testudinella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	accepted genus name
*Pterodina*	Ehrenberg, 1838	generic synonym

Species group names

*Pterodina elliptica*	Ehrenberg, 1834	objective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
additional source	Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. (Zootaxa 1564). 104 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834). In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2014). World Rotifera database from FADA. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148349

Dr Ulrike Obertegger. Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301995