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001 – Batis maritima is a representative of Halophytes (plants that can live/grow in a highly salty environment), it is also called “turtleweed”.
Sources: Wikipedia, cabi.org oraz plants.usda.gov
002 – In some visual aspects, beetles are quite similar to turtles, the highly vaulted “shell made of sheltered wings” may suggest appropriate associations, so many species of beetles have various references in their popular (non-Latin) names. Below is just a tiny part of the whole, an outline of the issue.
Cassidinae is a subfamily of over three thousand species of beetles known as “tortoise and leaf-mining beetles”, of which we are of course interested in this “tortoise” piece.
This subfamily includes, for example, the genus Cassida, including Cassida piperat popularly known as “tortoise beetle”, Cassida flaveola, is also known as “the pale tortoise beetle” or Cassida viridis, popularly known as “green tortoise beetle”.
There is also a family of Chelonariidae, also known as “turtle beetles”. Paropsis is a genus of beetles, popularly known as “tortoise beetles”, Stolas imperialis is a species of beetle found in Brazil, more commonly known as “Imperial tortoise beetle”, and Paropsis charybdis is a beetle known as “Eucalyptus tortoise beetle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, britannica.com, bugguide.net, bugguide.net, projectnoah.org, nzffa.org.nz
003 – Chelycypraea testudinaria, a species of sea snail, is called “turtle/tortoise cowry”, in this case it is probably due to some visual resemblance to tortoiseshell.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com
004 – Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a fish that gains food, by following sharks, rays or turtles, to eat their leftovers.
Sources: Wikipedia, gcrl.usm.edu
005 – A species of frogs, Myobatrachus gouldii, is called “Turtle Frog”. This name is associated with usage of a different way of digging in the ground than other frogs, more like turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, iucnredlist.org
006 – Emydocephalus annulatus is a species of sea snake known more commonly as “turtle-headed sea snake”.
Sources: Wikipedia, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
007 – Thalassia testudinum is a species of seagrass, popularly known as “turtle grass”, it is an essential part of the diet of green turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, iucnredlist.org
008 – Chelone is the name of four (differing mainly in color) species of flowers, all referred to as “turtlehead”, because of similarity.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia Polska, finegardening.com
009 – Cryptolithodes sitchensis is a crab that is also known by names such as “umbrella crab”, “sitka crab” or “turtle crab”.
Sources: Wikipedia, inverts.wallawalla.edu
010 – Psathyrotes are a genus of plants that are popularly called “turtleback”.
Sources: Wikipedia, calflora.org
011 – There is a variety of beans, called “Black turtle bean” (sometimes the name is shortened to “black beans”, which can be confusing, because there are several other types of black beans).
Sources: Wikipedia, healwithfood.org
012 – Cephalotes are a type of ants, popularly known as “turtle ants”. One ant species in this genus, Cephalotes specularis, is known to mimic the behavior of other ants, it is more commonly known as “Mirror turtle ants”.
Sources: Wikipedia
powell-lab.net, Wikipedia, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
013 – Echiniscus testudo is a species of tardigrade, also known as “turtle water bear”.
Sources: Wikipedia, ipfs.io
014 – Conus ermineus and Conus achatinus are two different species of sea snail, both popularly also known as “turtle cone”.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, gastropods.com, gastropods.com
015 – Harmony testudinaria is a type of ladybug, known as “tortoise-shelled ladybird”.
Sources: Wikipedia, biolib.cz
016 – Amblyomma tuberculatum is a species of tick known as “gopher tortoise tick”. Ixodes holocyclus is a tick found in Australia, and adult males are sometimes called “Shell back tick” because they resembles a turtle. Amblyomma clypeolatum is known as the “Asian tortoise tick” due to the fact that it feeds on turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, Wikipedia, arachne.org.au, Wikipedia
discoverlife.org
017 – Coccidae is a family of scale insect, popularly known as “tortoise scales”.
Sources: Wikipedia, pubs.ext.vt.edu (PDF)
018 – Passerina ericoides, a type of berry, is often called “skilpadbessie” which comes from Afrikaans and means “turtle berries”.
Sources: Wikipedia, davesgarden.com
019 – Pardalinops testudinaria is a species of sea snail, more popularly known as “tortoise dove shell”, (here is also a curiosity, the English name for a bird is turtle dove, the version Tortoise- Dove is actually unique to this mollusk).
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com
020 – Nymphalis californica is a species of butterfly, popularly known as “California tortoiseshell”.
Sources: Wikipedia, butterfliesandmoths.org
021 – Remora, a species of fish that latches on to other animals, including turtles. People used them to hunt turtles – fish “on a leash” was thrown into the water when a turtle was spotted, fish immediately swam up to reptile and stuck to him, allowing people to take their target for a haul.
Sources: Wikipedia, jstor.org – Observations on the Use of the Sucking-Fish or Remora, Echeneis naucrates, for Catching Turtles in Cuban and Colombian Waters
022 – Idia gopheri is a species of moth, also called “Tortoise Commensal Noctuid Moth”.
Sources: Wikipedia, ecos.fws.gov
023 – The berry species Muraltia scoparia and Muraltia spinosa are popularly known as “Tortoise berry” (because they like to eat them).
Sources: Wikipedia, eol.org
024 – Cellana talcosa is a species of leeches, also popularly known as “talc leech” or “turtle leech”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com
025 – Testudinalia testudinalis is a species of sea snail, popularly known as “common tortoise limpet” or “common tortoiseshell limpet”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com
026 – Wymarły gatunek ptaków, Chelychelynechen quassus nazywany jest “turtle-jawed moa-nalo”, “żółwiodziobowymi Moa-nalo”.
Sources: Wikipedia, itsnature.org
027 – Auerodendron pauciflorum is a rare flower species, also known as “turtlefat”.
Sources: Wikipedia, eol.org
028 – Eulithidium thalassicola is a species of sea snail, popularly called “turtle grass pheasant shell”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com
029 – The local name for flowers of the Euphorbia tuckeyana species is “tortolho”, “turtle flowers”.
Sources: Wikipedia, catalogueoflife.org
030 – A type of leeches, Ozobranchus, are known as “turtle leechs”, due to the fact that they only feed on turtles and their blood.
Sources: Wikipedia, phinizycenter.org
031 – Chelonibia testudinaria is a species of barnacle living in symbiosis with sea turtles, especially the Caretta caretta.
Sources: Wikipedia, marinespecies.org
032 – The bug species Acanthosoma labiduroides is also known as “scissors turtle bug”.
Sources: Wikipedia
033 – The durio testudinarius tree is popularly known as “Durian Kura Kura” (literally: “tortoise durian”).
Sources: Wikipedia, yearofthedurian.com
034 – The name of the trees “Jabuticaba” comes from the Tupi language and means “the place where tortoises are found”.
Sources: Wikipedia, zmescience.com
