| Texas 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. emoryi |
| Trinomial name |
Apalone spinifera emoryi
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| Synonyms |
List
- Aspidonectes emoryi
Agassiz, 1857
- Trionyx emoryi
— Strauch, 1862
- Aspidonectes emyda
Gray, 1870
- Aspidonectes georgii
Gray, 1870
- Platypeltis emoryii [sic]
— Baur, 1893 (ex errore)
- Platypeltis emoryi
— Siebenrock, 1909
- Amyda emoryi
— Stejneger & T. Barbour, 1917
- Amyda emoryii
— Strecker, 1927
- Amyda ferox emoryi
— Neill, 1951
- Trionyx ferox emoryi
— Schmidt, 1953
- Trionyx spinifer emoryi
— A. Schwartz, 1956
- Trionyx spinifera emoryi
— Minton, 1959
- Trionyx spiniferus emoryi
— Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
- Trionyx spiniferus emoryir [sic]
Honegger, 1982 (ex errore)
- Apalone spinifera emoryi
— Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989
- Apalone spinifera emoryi
— Stubbs, 1989
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The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of the spiny softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico.