International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013

Full reference
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2013. Opinion 2316 (Case 3463). Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines): usage of the specific name conserved by maintenance of a designated neotype, and suppression of Testudo dussumieri Gray, 1831 (currently Dipsochelys dussumieri). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(1):61-65 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
Metadata
ID number:  68143
Created:  2019-03-13 07:40:42
Modified:  2019-03-13 07:43:57
Publication type:  journal article
Taxonomy:  stated with evidence
Language:  English
Comments: Original references The following are the original references to the names placed on Official Lists and Indexes by the ruling given in the present Opinion: Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams, 1957, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 115(6): 225. dussumieri, Testudo, Gray, 1831, Synopsis Reptilium; or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Pt. I. Cataphracta, tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians. viii, Treuttel, Wurtz & Co., London, p. 3. gigantea, Testudo, Schweigger, 1812, Königsberger Archiv Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1: 327, 362. The following is the reference for the description of the neotype: Frazier, J. 2006. Herpetological Review, 37(3): 275–280.
Taxonomic opinions (5) - view classification
'Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) was reranked as Aldabrachelys and belongs to Testudinidae' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013
'Testudo dussumieri belongs to Testudo' according to Gray 1831
'Testudo dussumieri is recombined as Dipsochelys dussumieri' according to Gerlach and Canning 1995
'Testudo dussumieri is a subjective synonym of Testudo gigantea' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013
'Testudo gigantea is recombined as Aldabrachelys gigantea' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013