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Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Apalone ater
Species recognized by Wildfinder (WWF)
Apalone spinifera
Species recognized by wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Canada Species List, China Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, wikipedia LT, NCBI, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), and United States Species List
Apalone spinifera
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, and COSEWIC
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and GBIF national node type records France
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Recognized by Conabio
Trionyx ater
Recognized by USFWS
Amyda spinifera
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Apalone ater
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Apalone spinifera
Species recognized by iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, CITES, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Simpson et al 2020, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and GGBN data coverage
Apalone spinifera
Recognized by AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, and Flickr Group
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Species recognized by IUCN, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Apalone spinifera (Lesueur 1827)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, and GBIF data coverage
Trionyx ater
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Trionyx spiniferus
Species recognized by Global Biotic Interactions

Alternative Names

Amyda spinifera Burt 1935
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Apalone ater David 1994
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Apalone spinifera ater Webb & Legler 1960
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Aspidonectes spinifer Baur 1888
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gymnopus spiniferus Duméril & Bibron 1835
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Trionyx ater Webb & Legler 1960
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Trionyx spiniferus Stebbins 1985
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Trionyx spiniferus ater Iverson 1986
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Amyda ferox Oken 1816
Synonym according to Conabio
Amyda ferox subsp. spinifera (Lesueur 1827)
Synonym according to Conabio
Amyda spinifera Burt 1935
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Apalone ater David 1994
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Apalone spinifera ater Webb & Legler 1960
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Aspidonectes spinifer Baur 1888
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Gymnopus spiniferus Duméril & Bibron 1835
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Trionyx ater Webb & Legler 1960
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Trionyx ferox Schweigger 1812
Synonym according to Conabio
Trionyx ferox subsp. spinifera Lesueur 1827
Synonym according to Conabio
Trionyx ocellatus Le Sueur 1827
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Trionyx ocellatus Le Sueur 1827
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Trionyx spiniferus ater Iverson 1986
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Trionyx spiniferus
Synonym according to NCBI
Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur 1827
Synonym according to Conabio
Trionyx spiniferus Stebbins 1985
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
? aspera Agassiz, 1857
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Trionychidae)
Amyda ferox spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Amyda spinifera Burt 1935
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Amyda spinifera hartwegi Conant & Goin 1948
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Apalone ater David 1994
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Apalone hudsonica Rafinesque 1832
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Apalone spinifera ater Webb & Legler 1960
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Apalone spinifera ater Webb & Legler 1960
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes asper Agassiz 1857
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes californiana Rivers 1889
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz 1857
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes emyda Gray 1870
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes georgii Gray 1870
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes nuchalis Agassiz 1857
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Aspidonectes spinifer Baur 1888
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gymnopus olivaceus Wied 1865
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Gymnopus spiniferus Duméril & Bibron 1835
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Platypeltis agassizii Baur 1888
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx annulifer Wied 1839
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx ater Webb & Legler 1960
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Trionyx ater Webb & Legler 1960
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx ferox spinifera Le Sueur 1827
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Trionyx ocellatus Le Sueur 1827
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx ocellatus Lesueur 1827
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx spinifer
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Trionyx spiniferus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Trionyx spiniferus
Synonym according to CITES
Trionyx spiniferus Le Sueur 1827
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur 1827
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trionyx spiniferus Stebbins 1985
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Trionyx spiniferus ater Iverson 1986
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Tyrse argus Gray 1844
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Spiny Softshell preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Cuatro Cienegas softshell turtle
prefer
Recognized by USFWS
spiny softshell turtle
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Spiny Softshell Turtle
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Spiny softshell turtle
prefer
Recognized by AnAge
Spiny softshell
prefer
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020

Japanese

トゲスッポン preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Spanish; Castilian

tortuga blanca preferred
Recognized by Conabio
tortuga de caparazón blando
prefer
Recognized by Conabio
tortuga de concha blanda
prefer
Recognized by Conabio
tortuga espinoza de caparazón blando
prefer
Recognized by Conabio

Curated hierarchies for Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychidae
Apalone
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychoidea
Trionychidae
Apalone
Apalone spinifera (Lesueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Lesueur 1827)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Lesueur 1827)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychidae
Apalone
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone amnicola (Hay 1907)
Apalone extensa (Hay 1908)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone heteroglypta (Cope 1873)
Apalone latus (Gilmore 1919)
Apalone leucopotamica (Cope 1891)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone postera (Hay 1908)
Apalone trionychoides (Cope 1872)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Trionychidae
Apalone Rafinesque 1832
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra Webb & Legler 1960
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Apalone amnicola (Hay 1907)
Apalone extensa (Hay 1908)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone heteroglypta (Cope 1873)
Apalone latus (Gilmore 1919)
Apalone leucopotamica (Cope 1891)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone postera (Hay 1908)
Apalone trionychoides (Cope 1872)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Testudines Batsch 1788
Cryptodira Cope 1868
Trionychoidea Gray 1825
Trionychidae Gray 1825
Trionychinae Gray 1825
Apalone Rafinesque 1832
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera atra (Webb & Legler 1960)
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz 1857)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Webb 1962)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Trionychidae
Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur 1827) (this page)
Amyda cartilaginea (Boddaert 1770)
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
Apalone mutica (Le Sueur 1827)
Apalone spinifera subsp. atra (Webb & Legler 1960)
Chitra chitra Nutphand 1986
Chitra indica (Gray 1830)
Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard 2003
Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray 1869)
Cyclanorbis senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron 1835)
Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854
Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809)
Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray 1856)
Lissemys punctata (Lacépède 1788)
Lissemys scutata (Peters 1868)
Nilssonia formosa (Gray 1869)
Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier 1825)
Nilssonia hurum (Gray 1830)
Nilssonia leithii (Gray 1872)
Nilssonia nigricans (Anderson 1875)
Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock 1906)
Pelochelys bibroni (Owen 1853)
Pelochelys cantorii Gray 1864
Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann 1835)
Rafetus euphraticus (Oliver ex Daudin 1801)
Rafetus swinhoei (Gray 1873)
Trionyx triunguis Mediterranean subpopulation (Forsskål 1775)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychia
Trionychidae
Apalone
Apalone spinifera (this page)
Apalone spinifera aspera
Apalone spinifera atra
Apalone spinifera emoryi
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Apalone spinifera pallida
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Apalone ferox
Apalone mutica

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychidae
Apalone
Apalone ater (this page)
Apalone ferox
Apalone mutica

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Trionychidae
Trionyx
Trionyx ater (this page)
Trionyx axenaria
Trionyx gangeticus
Trionyx hurum
Trionyx leithii
Trionyx maackii
Trionyx muticus
Trionyx nigricans
Trionyx niloticus
Trionyx sinensis
Trionyx subplanus
Trionyx triunguis
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