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Smooth softshell turtle
Conservation status
Smooth softshell turtle
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. mutica
Binomial name
Apalone mutica
(Lesueur, 1827)[2]
States inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
Minnesota counties inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
Synonyms[3]
  • Trionyx muticus
    Lesueur, 1827
  • Aspidonectes muticus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Gymnopus muticus
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Amyda mutica
    — Agassiz, 1857
  • Trionyx muticus
    — Webb, 1959
  • Apolone mutica
    — Meylan, 1987
Apalone mutica mutica
  • Trionyx pusilla
    Rafinesque, 1822
  • Trionyx muticus
    Lesueur, 1827
  • Aspidonectes muticus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Gymnopus muticus
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Amyda mutica
    — Agassiz, 1857
  • Potamochelys microcephalus
    Gray, 1864
  • Callinia microcephala
    — Gray, 1869
  • Potamochelys microcephala
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Trionyx muticus muticus
    — Webb, 1959
  • Apalone mutica
    — Meylan, 1987
  • Apalone muticus
    — Meylan & Webb, 1988
  • Apalone mutica mutica
    — Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone mutica mutica
    — Stubbs, 1989
  • Trionix muticus
    — Richard, 1999
Apalone mutica calvata
  • Trionyx pusilla
    Rafinesque, 1822
    (nomen suppressum)
  • Trionyx muticus calvatus
    Webb, 1959
  • Apalone mutica calvata
    — Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone mutica calvata
    — Stubbs, 1989

The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a type of North American softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. This freshwater species is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the Mississippi River system, along with other adjoining waterways, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

  1. ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Apalone mutica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T165596A97398190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T165596A6064798.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Apalone mutica ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). ITIS.gov
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 306. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.

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