Cheloniidae

• Caretta
• Chelonia
• Allopleuron
• Argillochelys
• Ashleychelys
• Corsochelys
• Desmatochelys
• Eochelone
• Gigantatypus
• Glarichelys
• Glaucochelone
• Itilochelys
• loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

  A genome study reported about 2.13 billion base pairs in the loggerhead sea turtle assembly.

• Green turtle Chelonia mydas

  A sea turtle with a small head and hard shell. Adults feed mainly on seagrasses and algae.