Kalmar "EMYDIDAE" ita ce ainihin sunan kimiyya na iyali na kunkuru masu ruwa da aka sani da tururuwa emydid. A cikin rarrabuwa na nazarin halittu, "EMYDIDAE" shine sunan dangin haraji ga ƙungiyar kunkuru waɗanda ke cikin tsari na Testudines da na Reptilia ajin. Wadannan kunkuru ana yawan kiransu da kunkuru ko kuma kunkuru kuma an san su da kankanin girmansu da wuraren zama na ruwa.Ma'anar ƙamus na "EMYDIDAE" zai kasance: - Magana game da oda Testudines, wanda ya haɗa da kunkuru. YDIDAE - Dangane da dangin Emydidae, wanda ya haɗa da kunkuru na emydid.Gaba ɗaya, kunkuru na emydid suna da alaƙa da harsashi na gida, ƙafar ƙafafu waɗanda aka daidaita don yin iyo, da ikon jure wa wurare da yawa, daga rafuka masu tafiya sannu a hankali da tafkuna zuwa marshes da fadama. Wasu sanannun misalan kunkuru na emydid sun haɗa da kunkuru mai fentin (Chrysemys picta), jajayen kunne mai ja (Trachemys scripta elegans), da kunkuru (Terrapene spp.).