PaleoDB taxon number: 364842

Alternative combination: Testudo orbicularis

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 Emys according to E. Vlachos and M. Delfino 2016

Sister taxa: Emys dhongoka, Emys hordwellensis, Emys kachuga, Emys marmorata, Emys namadicus, Emys prosigriz, Emys sigriz, Emys sinensis, Emys trinacris, Emys vulgaris, Emys wermuthi, Emys wyomingensis