Species of turtle
Smooth softshell turtle
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Testudines
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Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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Family:
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Trionychidae
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Genus:
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Apalone
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Species:
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A. mutica
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Binomial name
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Apalone mutica
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States inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
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Minnesota counties inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
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Synonyms[3]
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- 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
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The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a species 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 that empty into the Gulf of Mexico.