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Apalone spinifera  (Lesueur, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208680

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Amyda ferox spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)
  
    Trionyx ferox spinifera Lesueur, 1827
  
    Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur, 1827
  
  Common Name(s): Spiny Softshell [English]
  
    spiny softshell turtle [English]
  
    tortue-molle à épines [French]
  
    Tortuga-casco suave espinosa [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderTestudines Linnaeus, 1758 -- terrapins, tortoises, tortues, Turtles  
                FamilyTrionychidae Fitzinger, 1826 -- Softshell Turtles  
                   GenusApalone Rafinesque, 1832 -- North American Softshell Turtles  
                      SpeciesApalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) -- Spiny Softshell, spiny softshell turtle, tortue-molle à épines, Tortuga-casco suave espinosa  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857) -- Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera ater (Webb and Legler, 1960) -- black spiny softshell turtle, Cuatro Cienegas softshell turtle, Tortuga-casco suave de Cuatro Ciénegas 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz, 1857) -- Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb, 1962) -- Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera hartwegi (Conant and Goin, 1948) -- Western Spiny Softshell Turtle 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb, 1962) -- Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle 
                         Subspecies Apalone spinifera spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) -- Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Spiny Softshell [English], tortue-molle à épines [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Tortuga-casco suave espinosa [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera, Spiny Softshell   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Iverson, J. B.  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Privately Printed   
  Publication Place: Richmond, Indiana   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9617431-0-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Apalone spinifera   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native & Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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