Cyclanorbis

Cyclanorbis Temporal range: Pliocene to recent,
Senegal flapshell turtle (C. senegalensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Cyclanorbinae
Genus:	Cyclanorbis Gray, 1854
Synonyms
Cryptopus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Cryptopodus A.H.A. Duméril, 1856 (ex errore) Cyclanosteus Gray, 1856 Tetrathyra Gray, 1865 Baikiea Gray, 1869

Cyclanorbis is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Cyclanorbis contains the following extant species:

• Nubian flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869)
• Senegal flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis senegalensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

One extinct species is also known from fossil remains: Cyclanorbis turkanensis from the Pliocene of Kenya.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cyclanorbis.

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

• Gray JE (1854). "Description of a New Genus and some New Species of Tortoises". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1852: 133–135. (Cyclanorbis, new genus, p. 135).