Biology:Cheloniinae

Short description: Subfamily of turtles

Cheloniinae
Chelonia mydas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Subfamily:	Cheloniinae
Genera
Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator

Cheloniinae is a subfamily of the sea turtle family Cheloniidae. Its parent superfamily is Chelonioidea.

The members of the subfamily, and genera that make it up, are:

Image	Genus	Species
	Chelonia Brongniart, 1800	Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle)
	Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843	Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle)
	Natator McCulloch, 1908	Natator depressus (flatback sea turtle)

External links

• http://home.earthlink.net/~itec5/Testudinata/

Wikidata ☰ Q4490203 entry