Cycloderma | |
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Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | Cyclanorbinae |
Genus: | Cycloderma W. Peters, 1854[1][2] |
Synonyms[2] | |
Cycloderma is agenus ofsoftshell turtles in thesubfamilyCyclanorbinae of thefamilyTrionychidae. The genus isendemic toAfrica.
The genusCycloderma contains the following extant species:
Twoextinctfossil species are also known:Cycloderma victoriaeAndrews, 1914, from the earlyMiocene ofKenya; andCycloderma debroinaeMeylan et al., 1990, from the late Miocene to thePliocene of Kenya.[3][4]
Nota bene: Abinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanCycloderma.