sea turtle

superfamily of shelled marine reptiles
Taxon taxon Q219329
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sea turtle

Summary

sea turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,840 views/month, #645 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sea turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sea turtle is classified at the rank of superfamily[4].
  • sea turtle belongs to the parent taxon Cryptodira[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, sea turtle is Chelonioidea[6].
  • sea turtle's Commons category is recorded as Chelonioidea[7].
  • sea turtle began on -110000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • sea turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chelonioidea[9].
  • sea turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea Turtles'}[10].
  • sea turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'tortuga marina'}[11].
  • sea turtle's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].
  • sea turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles[13].
  • sea turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Turtles[14].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, sea turtle is Chelonioidea[6]. It is classified at the rank of superfamily[4]. It is classified within Cryptodira[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea Turtles'}[10] and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'tortuga marina'}[11].

Identifiers

sea turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 372234[15]. sea turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27791[16]. sea turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1301584[17]. sea turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 948946[18].

Discovery and Description

Things named for sea turtle include haigui[19], in People's Republic of China[20].

Why It Matters

sea turtle ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,840 views/month, #645 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include haigui[19], in People's Republic of China[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time -110000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon rank superfamily
    Instance of taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565746505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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