| Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Suborder: |
Cryptodira |
| Family: |
Trionychidae |
| Genus: |
Apalone |
| Species: |
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| Subspecies: |
A. s. aspera |
| Trinomial name |
Apalone spinifera aspera
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| Synonyms |
- 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
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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.