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30 April 2019 Opinion 2431 (Case 3587) – Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia, Testudines): precedence given over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812
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Abstract

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the usage of the specific name of Podocnemis unifilisTroschel, 1848 for a widely distributed species of Amazonian turtle, by giving it precedence over its rarely used senior subjective synonym Emys cayennensisSchweigger, 1812 (currently Podocnemis cayennensis).

"Opinion 2431 (Case 3587) – Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia, Testudines): precedence given over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 76(1), 77-78, (30 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a023
Published: 30 April 2019
KEYWORDS
AMAZON
nomenclature
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Podocnemis cayennensis
Podocnemis unifilis
Reptilia
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