Names List for CHELONIIDAE
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Caretta Rafinesque, 1814
- Caretta Rafinesque, 1814
- Thalassochelys Fitzinger, 1835
- Caouana Cocteau, 1838
- Halichelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Caouana [part.] Gray, 1844
- Thalassiochelis Nardo, 1864
- Eremonia Gray, 1873
- Thalassiochelys Philippi, 1887
- Thallasochelys Barbour & Cole, 1906
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Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758
- Testudo cephalo Schneider, 1783
- Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788
- Testudo nasicornis Lacépède, 1788
- Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814
- Chelonia cavanna Oken, 1816
- Caretta atra Merrem, 1820
- Testudo corianna Gray, 1831
- Chelonia pelasgorum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833
- Caouana elongata Gray, 1844
- Thalassochelys corticata Girard, 1858
- Chelonia cahuano Tamayo, 1962
- Caretta careta Tamayo, 1962
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Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933
- Caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933
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Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
- Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
- Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
- Chelone Brongniart, 1805
- Chelona Burmeister, 1807
- Chelonias Rafinesque, 1814
- Mydas Cocteau, 1838
- Mydas Cocteau, 1838
- Mydasea Gervais, 1843
- Euchelonia Tschudi, 1846
- Megemys Gistel, 1848
- Euchelys Girard, 1858
- Midas Herrera, 1901
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Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758
- Testudo macropus Walbaum, 1782
- Testudo viridis Schneider, 1783
- Testudo marina vulgaris Lacépède, 1788
- Testudo viridisquamosa Lacépède, 1788
- Testudo chloronotus Bechstein, 1800
- Testudo cepediana Daudin, 1802
- Testudo rugosa Daudin, 1802
- Chelonia virgata Schweigger, 1812
- Caretta cepedii Merrem, 1820
- Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820
- Caretta thunbergii Merrem, 1820
- Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier, 1829
- Chelonia maculosa Cuvier, 1829
- Chelonia bicarinata Lesson, 1834
- Chelonia marmorata Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Chelonia formosa Girard, 1858
- Chelonia tenuis Girard, 1858
- Chelonia albiventer Nardo, 1864
- Chelonia midas Bocage, 1866
- Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868
- Chelonia depressa Garman, 1880
- Chelonia lata Philippi, 1887
- Chelonia mydas carrinegra Caldwell, 1962
- Testudo nigrita Tamayo, 1962
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Chelonia mydas japonica (Thunberg, 1787)
- Testudo japonica Thunberg, 1787
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Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Caretta Ritgen, 1828
- Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Eretmochelis Tschudi, 1846
- Eritmochelys Tschudi, 1846
- Herpysmostes Gistel, 1868
- Onychochelys Gray, 1873
- Erethmochelys Maldonado-Koerdell, 1953
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Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766
- Chelonia radiata Cuvier, 1829
- Chelonia pseudomydas Lesson, 1834
- Chelonia pseudocaretta Lesson, 1834
- Caretta squamosa Girard, 1858
- Caretta rostrata Girard, 1858
- Onychochelys kraussi Gray, 1873
- Eretmochelys squammata Dugès, 1884
- Eretmochelys imbricata bibba Pritchard, 1967
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Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppell, 1835)
- Caretta bissa Rüppell, 1835
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Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz, 1857
- Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz, 1857
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Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843
- Caouana Gray, 1844
- Cephalochelys Gray, 1873
- Colpochelys Garman, 1880
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Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
- Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798
- Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, 1820
- Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829
- Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Chelonia subcarinata Gray, 1844
- Caouana ruppellii Gray, 1844
- Caouana dessumierii Smith, 1849
- Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker, 1857
- Chelonia dubia Gray, 1864
- Cephalochelys oceanica Gray, 1873
- Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi, 1887
- Chelonia olivaccea Velasco, 1892
- Thalassochelys tarapacana Philippi, 1899
- Thalassochelys controversa Philippi, 1899
- Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908
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Natator McCulloch, 1908
- Natator McCulloch, 1908
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Natator depressus (Garman, 1880)
- Chelonia depressa (part.) Garman, 1880
- Natator tessellatus McCulloch, 1908
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