WoRMS taxon details
Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834)
148349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148349)
accepted
Species
Pterodina elliptica Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Testudinella pseudoclypeata Bērziņš, 1943 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine, fresh
(of Pterodina elliptica Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details] 
Taxonomy not Pterodina cf. elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bergendal (1892), Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bartoš...
Taxonomy not Pterodina cf. elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bergendal (1892), Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bartoš (1951)[identity unclear]; not T. elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Jersabek et al. (2003 partim: ANSP Cat.Nrs.26,1828)[=T. clypeata (Müller)]._x000d_
Predominantly freshwater species. Records from saltwater may be confusions with T. clypeata (De Smet, 2009:14). [details]
Predominantly freshwater species. Records from saltwater may be confusions with T. clypeata (De Smet, 2009:14). [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148349 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Testudinella pseudoclypeata Bērziņš, 1943) Bērziņš, B. (1943). Systematisch-faunistisches Material über Rotatorien Lettlands. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 12, 218-244 [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Pterodina elliptica Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]
basis of record Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Pterodina elliptica Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]
basis of record Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source De Smet, W. H. (2009). A review of the marine and brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Monogononta, Testudinellidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2092, 1-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source De Smet, W. H. (2009). A review of the marine and brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Monogononta, Testudinellidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2092, 1-20 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy not Pterodina cf. elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bergendal (1892), Testudinella elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Bartoš (1951)[identity unclear]; not T. elliptica (Ehrenberg) after Jersabek et al. (2003 partim: ANSP Cat.Nrs.26,1828)[=T. clypeata (Müller)]._x000d_Predominantly freshwater species. Records from saltwater may be confusions with T. clypeata (De Smet, 2009:14). [details]
