Staurotypinae
Appearance
Staurotypinae | |
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The giant musk turtle Staurotypus salvinii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Subfamily: | Staurotypinae Gray, 1869[1] |
The Staurotypinae are a subfamily of the family Kinosternidae of aquatic turtles, which contains the genera Claudius and Staurotypus.