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Turtle and Tortoise Pokémon
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Shells, sturdy limbs and reptilian faces connect these turtle and tortoise designs, whether their Pokémon live in water or on land.
Pokémon in this collection
Pokémon: 16Squirtle uses the familiar water-turtle silhouette, Torkoal turns its shell into a furnace, and Torterra carries a miniature landscape. A shell by itself is insufficient: molluscs and hermit crabs have different body plans.
Related shell designs
Pokémon: 3Comparison or prerequisite Pokémon
Golem has a tortoise-like shell motif inside a rocky design. Shuckle mixes a weak turtle resemblance with mollusc and rock-dwelling-organism inspiration; these are contextual comparisons, not unambiguous turtles.
