Mesodeca Rafinesque, Atlan. Jour., Friend of Knowledge, Philadelphia, 1 (No. 2, Art. 12):64, Summer, 1832; type Mesodeca bartrami (= Testudo ferox Schneider) by monotypy.
Aspidonectes Wagler, Naturl. Syst. Amphib., p. 134, 1830; type, Aspidonectes aegyptiacus Wagler (= Testudo triunguis Forskål) by subsequent designation (Fitzinger, 1843:30).
Amyda Fitzinger, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturg., 1:110, 120, 127, 1835; type, Amyda subplana Fitzinger by subsequent designation (Fitzinger 1843:30).
Gymnopus Duméril and Bibron, Erpét. Gén., 2:472, 1835; new (substitute) name for Aspidonectes Wagler.
Pelodiscus Fitzinger, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturg., 1:110, 120, 127, 1835; type, Pelodiscus sinensis Fitzinger by subsequent designation (Fitzinger, 1843:30).
Platypeltis Fitzinger, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturg., 1:109, 120, 127, 1835; type, Platypeltis ferox by subsequent designation (Fitzinger, 1843:30).
Potamochelys Fitzinger, Syst. Rept., p. 30, 1843; type, Aspidonectes javanicus Wagler (= Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert) by original designation.
Tyrse Gray, Cat. Tort. Croc. Amphis. Brit. Mus., p. 48, 1844; type, Tyrse nilotica Gray (= Testudo triunguis Forskål) by tautonomy (Tyrse, a name for the Nile River).
Callinia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 222, 1869; new (substitute) name for Aspidonectes of Agassiz (1857:403); type, Callinia spicifera (mispelling for spinifera) Gray by subsequent designation (Stejneger, 1907:514).