Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761:2)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 19-20

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761:2)

Holotype: MZP unnumbered, identified as holotype by Fretey & Bour (1980:198); see also Rhodin & Smith (1982), Bour & Dubois (1984), and Smith & Rhodin (1986)

Testudo arcuata Catesby 1771:40

Holotype: Not designated ( Pritchard 1980:1).

Testudo lyra Lacepède 1788:111

Holotype: Not located ( Pritchard 1980:1); possibly in MNHN; type illustrated in the original description (opp. p. 111).

Testudo lyra Bonnaterre 1789:22

Holotype: Not located ( Pritchard 1980:1); possibly in MNHN; type illustrated in the original description (opp. p. 111).

Testudo tuberculata Pennant in Schoepff 1801:123

Holotype: Not located ( Pritchard 1980:1); type illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXVIII) and Pennant (1771:Pl. X, Fig. 4)

Chelonia lutaria Rafinesque 1814:66

Holotype: Not designated ( Pritchard 1980:1).

Sphargis mercurialis Merrem 1820:19

Holotype: Not designated ( Pritchard 1980:1).

Dermatochelys porcata Wagler 1830 :ExPl. Tab., Fig. 1

Holotype: Not designated.

Testudo coriacea marina Ranzini 1832:3

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. IV).

Sphargis coriacea schlegelii Garman 1884:303

Holotype: Not designated; erroneously based on Plates 1 and 2 of Siebold’s (1826) Fauna Japonica according to ( Pritchard 1980:1); actually based on the specimen illustrated in Temminck & Schegel (1834:Pl. I to III), and Plate I was designated lectotype by TTWG (2021:102).

Sphargis angusta Philippi 1899:730

Holotype: MHNHC 1515 ( Ortiz & Nuñez 1986:7; see also Pritchard 1980:1).