EMYSystem Subfamily Page: Cyclanorbinae
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Cyclanorbinae (Flapshell Softshell Turtles)
Genus
Species
range of subfamily Cyclanorbinae
approximate range
Cyclanorbis
Cycloderma
Lissemys
 
Original Description Lydekker 1889 : 0
Original name None
Common name Flapshell Softshell Turtles
Distribution Africa and Pakistan to India and Burma
Comments Reviewed by Meylan (1987). Phylogenetic relationships of fossil and living taxa are discussed by Meylan et al. (1990).
 
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