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Pyxis

Spider tortoise
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Pyxis Bell, 1827^[1]

Pyxis is a genus of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It contains the following species:

Flat-backed spider tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)
Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)

References

^ Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, December 2009 update.

Tortoise family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae

Genera

Species of the tortoise family

Russian tortoise

Galápagos tortoise

Chelonoidis complex

† Cheirogaster

Angulate tortoise

† Cylindraspis

† Hesperotestudo

† Hesperotestudo percrassa

Pancake tortoise

† Megalochelys

Leopard tortoise

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	† Allopleuron Caretta † Carolinochelys Chelonia † Eochelone Eretmochelys † Gigantatypus † Glarichelys † Itilochelys Lepidochelys † Mexichelys † Miocaretta Natator † Pacifichelys † Syllomus † Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	† Arabemys † Corsochelys † Cosmochelys Dermochelys † Eosphargis † Mesodermochelys † Psephophorus
	† Euclastes † Peritresius † Procolpochelys † Protosphargis † Puppigerus

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius † Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Emydidae	† Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys † Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur † Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis † Cymatholcus † Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus † Hadrianus † Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria † Megalochelys † Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis † Solitudo Stigmochelys † Stylemys Testudo

Carettochelyidae	† Allaeochelys † Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone † Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma † Drazinderetes Dogania † Gilmoremys † Hutchemys † Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea † Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	† Basilochelys † Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra † Chelydrops † Chelydropsis † Emarginachelys † Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys † Planiplastron † Protochelydra
† Nanhsiungchelyidae	† Anomalochelys † Basilemys † Jiangxichelys
† Protostegidae	† Alienochelys † Archelon † Atlantochelys † Bouliachelys † Calcarichelys † Cratochelone † Desmatochelys † Iserosaurus † Notochelone † Ocepechelon † Pneumatoarthrus † Protostega † Rhinochelys † Santanachelys † Terlinguachelys
	† Adocus † Argillochelys † Bashuchelys † Ctenochelys † Prionochelys † Toxochelys

† Araripemydidae	† Araripemys
† Bothremydidae	† Araiochelys † Arenila † Azabbaremys † Bothremys † Cearachelys † Chedighaii † Chupacabrachelys † Eotaphrosphys † Foxemys † Galianemys † Ilatardia † Inaechelys † Itapecuruemys † Jainemys † Kinkonychelys † Kurmademys † Labrostochelys † Nigeremys † Phosphatochelys † Polysternon † Puentemys † Rosasia † Rhothonemys † Sankuchemys † Taphrosphys † Ummulisani † Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa † Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys † Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys † Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	† Albertwoodemys † Bauruemys † Brontochelys † Caninemys † Carbonemys † Cerrejonemys † Cordichelys Erymnochelys † Lapparentemys † Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis † Stupendemys
† Sahonachelyidae	† Sahonachelys † Sokatra

	† Caribemys † Caririemys † Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers
Pyxis	Wikidata: Q670769 Wikispecies: Pyxis ADW: Pyxis BOLD: 191060 CoL: 769Q EoL: 19330 GBIF: 2441850 iNaturalist: 40046 ITIS: 208711 NCBI: 66192 Open Tree of Life: 859766 Paleobiology Database: 364850

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Pyxis

Spider tortoise
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Pyxis Bell, 1827^[1]

Pyxis is a genus of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It contains the following species:

Flat-backed spider tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)
Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)

References

^ Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, December 2009 update.

Tortoise family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae

Genera

Species of the tortoise family

Russian tortoise

Galápagos tortoise

Chelonoidis complex

† Cheirogaster

Angulate tortoise

† Cylindraspis

† Hesperotestudo

† Hesperotestudo percrassa

Pancake tortoise

† Megalochelys

Leopard tortoise

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	† Allopleuron Caretta † Carolinochelys Chelonia † Eochelone Eretmochelys † Gigantatypus † Glarichelys † Itilochelys Lepidochelys † Mexichelys † Miocaretta Natator † Pacifichelys † Syllomus † Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	† Arabemys † Corsochelys † Cosmochelys Dermochelys † Eosphargis † Mesodermochelys † Psephophorus
	† Euclastes † Peritresius † Procolpochelys † Protosphargis † Puppigerus

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius † Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Emydidae	† Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys † Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur † Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis † Cymatholcus † Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus † Hadrianus † Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria † Megalochelys † Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis † Solitudo Stigmochelys † Stylemys Testudo

Carettochelyidae	† Allaeochelys † Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone † Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma † Drazinderetes Dogania † Gilmoremys † Hutchemys † Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea † Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	† Basilochelys † Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra † Chelydrops † Chelydropsis † Emarginachelys † Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys † Planiplastron † Protochelydra
† Nanhsiungchelyidae	† Anomalochelys † Basilemys † Jiangxichelys
† Protostegidae	† Alienochelys † Archelon † Atlantochelys † Bouliachelys † Calcarichelys † Cratochelone † Desmatochelys † Iserosaurus † Notochelone † Ocepechelon † Pneumatoarthrus † Protostega † Rhinochelys † Santanachelys † Terlinguachelys
	† Adocus † Argillochelys † Bashuchelys † Ctenochelys † Prionochelys † Toxochelys

† Araripemydidae	† Araripemys
† Bothremydidae	† Araiochelys † Arenila † Azabbaremys † Bothremys † Cearachelys † Chedighaii † Chupacabrachelys † Eotaphrosphys † Foxemys † Galianemys † Ilatardia † Inaechelys † Itapecuruemys † Jainemys † Kinkonychelys † Kurmademys † Labrostochelys † Nigeremys † Phosphatochelys † Polysternon † Puentemys † Rosasia † Rhothonemys † Sankuchemys † Taphrosphys † Ummulisani † Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa † Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys † Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys † Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	† Albertwoodemys † Bauruemys † Brontochelys † Caninemys † Carbonemys † Cerrejonemys † Cordichelys Erymnochelys † Lapparentemys † Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis † Stupendemys
† Sahonachelyidae	† Sahonachelys † Sokatra

	† Caribemys † Caririemys † Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers
Pyxis	Wikidata: Q670769 Wikispecies: Pyxis ADW: Pyxis BOLD: 191060 CoL: 769Q EoL: 19330 GBIF: 2441850 iNaturalist: 40046 ITIS: 208711 NCBI: 66192 Open Tree of Life: 859766 Paleobiology Database: 364850

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