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Cheloniinae

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Cheloniinae
Chelonia mydas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Subfamily: Cheloniinae
Genera

Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Natator

Cheloniinae is a subfamily of the sea turtle family Cheloniidae. Its parent superfamily is Chelonioidea.

The members of the subfamily, and genera that make it up, are:

Image Genus Species
Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
Natator McCulloch, 1908


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