''Testudinella'' is a genus of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
belonging to the family
Testudinellidae
Testudinellidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Flosculariaceae.
Genera:
* ''Anchitestudinella'' Berzins, 1973
* ''Pompholyx (rotifer), Pompholyx'' Gosse, 1851
* ''Testudinella'' Bory de St.Vincent, 1826
References
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
* ''
Testudinella ahlstromi''
Hauer, 1956
* ''
Testudinella amphora''
Hauer, 1938
References
Flosculariaceae
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