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Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Conservation status
Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. spinifera
Subspecies:
A. s. aspera
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera aspera
Agassiz, 1857
Synonyms[2]
  • Aspidonectes asper Agassiz, 1857
  • Platypeltis agassizii Baur, 1888
  • Trionyx agassizii – O.P. Hay, 1892
  • Pelodiscus agassizii – Baur, 1893
  • Platypeltis asper – Baur, 1893
  • Aspidonectes agassizi – Jordan, 1899 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx spiniferus agassizii – Siebenrock, 1924
  • Amyda agassizii – Stejneger & Barbour, 1939
  • Amyda spinifera aspera – Stejneger & Barbour, 1939
  • Amyda ferox agassizii – Neill, 1951
  • Amyda ferox aspera Neill, 1951
  • Trionyx ferox agassizi – Schmidt, 1953
  • Trionyx ferox aspera – Schmidt, 1953
  • Trionyx spinifer asper – Schwartz, 1956
  • Trionyx spiniferus asper – Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Trionyx spiniferus asperus – Zappalorti, 1976
  • Trionyx spiniferous asperus – Anderson, 1985
  • Apalone spinifera asper – Ernst & Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera asper – Stubbs, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera aspera – Iverson, Meylan, Pritchard, Seidel & Ward, 1990

The Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera aspera), a subspecies in the Trionychidae family of softshell turtles, is endemic to the south-eastern United States.

  1. ^ NatureServe (1 December 2023). "Apalone spinifera aspera". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310

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