Cyclemys bellii Gray, 1863: p. 179

Nowak-Kemp, Małgosia & Fritz, Uwe, 2010, Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum, Zootaxa 2604 (1), pp. 1-19 : 10

Cyclemys bellii Gray, 1863: p. 179

Current name: Cyclemys dentata (Gray, 1831)

Holotype: OUM 8513 (Bell Collection, Catalogue of Testudinata No. 24b; shell, SCL 19.1 cm, bears small label with number “111”; also syntype of Cyclemys orbiculata Bell, 1834 and of Emys dhor = Emys dentata Gray, 1831 ).

Remarks: Gray (1863a: p. 179) based his description of Cyclemys bellii on the specimen shown in the upper figure of plate 3 of part 8 of Bell’s (1832–1836) Monograph of the Testudinat a (reproduced as plate XXV in Sowerby & Lear 1872). The depicted turtle is clearly to be identified with OUM 8513.

Using mitochondrial DNA sequences (partial cytochrome b gene) of the holotype of Cyclemys bellii, Stuart & Fritz (2007) confirmed the previous assessment of Fritz et al. (1997) that Cyclemys bellii Gray, 1863 is a junior synonym of Emys dentata Gray, 1831 .