Testudinellidae is a family of
rotifer
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 ...
s belonging to the order
Flosculariaceae
Flosculariaceae is an order of rotifers, found in fresh and brackish water.
Families
The order includes the six following families.
*Conochilidae
* Flosculariidae
*Hexarthridae
Hexarthridae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Flosc ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Anchitestudinella''
Berzins, 1973
* ''
Pompholyx''
Gosse, 1851
* ''
Testudinella
''Testudinella'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Testudinellidae.
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 ...
''
Bory de St.Vincent, 1826
References
Flosculariaceae
Rotifer families
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