PaleoDB taxon number: 364841
Alternative combination: Testudo carolina
Synonym: Terrapene innoxia Hay 1916 (taxon 90482)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Terrapene according to E. Vlachos 2018
Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo major, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo eocaenica, Cistudo mexicana
Subtaxa: Testudo carolina bauri, Testudo carolina carolina, Testudo carolina longinsulae, Testudo carolina major, Testudo carolina triunguis