Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Alternative combination: Aspidonectes gergensi

Belongs to Trionyx according to R. Lydekker 1889

Sister taxa: Trionyx aquitanicus, Trionyx barbarae, Trionyx bowerbanki, Trionyx buiei, Trionyx gangeticus, Trionyx halophilus, Trionyx henrici, Trionyx hurum, Trionyx ikoviensis, Trionyx incrassatus, Trionyx kansaiensis, Trionyx kyrgyzensis, Trionyx miensis, Trionyx parisiensis, Trionyx phayrei, Trionyx planus, Trionyx rivosus, Trionyx sculptus, Trionyx vittatus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore