''Siebenrockiella'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of black marsh turtles. It used to be

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

but now has two

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with the addition of the

Philippine forest turtle ''Siebenrockiella leytensis'' is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to the Philippines. It is classified as critically endangered. It is known as the Philippine forest turtle, the Philippine pond turtle, the Palawan turtle, or the Leyte po ...

(moved from the genus ''

Heosemys ''Heosemys'' is a genus of freshwater turtles ("terrapins" in British English) in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The genus ''Heosemys'' was split out of the related genus ''Geoemyda'' by McDowell in 1964. Species Four sp ...

''). The genus was originally erected in 1869 by

John Edward Gray John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for ...

under the name ''Bellia'', commemorating Thomas Bell, but this name is a

junior homonym In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the se ...

of '' Bellia'' Milne-Edwards, 1848, a

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

genus. The

replacement name In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...

, ''Siebenrockiella'', was published in 1929 by

Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm Vasiliy Adolfovich Lindholm (russian: Bасилий Aдольфович Линдгольм; 1874 – 17 September 1935), also published as Wilhelm Adolf Lindholm, was a Russian Malacology, malacologist and Herpetology, herpetologist. Lindholm was ...

, and commemorates

Friedrich Siebenrock Friedrich Siebenrock (20 January 1853, Schörfling am Attersee – 28 January 1925, Vienna) was an Austrian herpetologist. Biography He studied zoology at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, afterwards serving as a demonstrator under ...

Species

*''Siebenrockiella crassicollis'' (

Gray Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...

, 1831) –

black marsh turtle ''Siebenrockiella crassicollis'' (commonly known as black marsh turtle, smiling terrapin, and Siamese temple turtle, among others) is a freshwater turtle endemic to Southeast Asia. It is one of two species classified under the genus '' Siebenroc ...

*''Siebenrockiella leytensis'' (

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, 1920) –

References

External links

Images at Chelonia.org
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2252752 Turtle genera Taxa named by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm Taxonomy articles created by Polbot