Species of turtle
Spiny 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. spinifera
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Binomial name
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Apalone spinifera
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Synonyms
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- Apalone spinifera spinifera
- Trionyx nasica
Rafinesque, 1822 (nomen suppressum)
- Trionyx spiniferus
LeSueur, 1827
- Apalone hudsonica
Rafinesque, 1832
- Gymnopus spiniferus
— A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Trionyx annulifer
Wied, 1839
- Tyrse argus
Gray, 1844
- Trionyx annulatus
Gray, 1856
- Trionyx argus
— Gray, 1856
- Gymnopodus spiniferus
— A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
- Aspidonectes nuchalis
Agassiz, 1857
- Aspidonectes spinifer
— Agassiz, 1857
- Gymnopus spinifer
— Agassiz, 1857
- Trionyx spinifer
— Agassiz, 1857
- Gymnopus olivaceus
Wied, 1865
- Callinia spicifera
Gray, 1869
- Callinia spinifera
— Gray, 1870
- Platypeltis nuchalis
— Baur, 1893
- Platypeltis spinifer
— Baur, 1893
- Tyrse spinifera
— O.P. Hay, 1904
- Amyda spinifera
— O.P. Hay, 1905
- Platypeltis spinifera
— O.P. Hay, 1907
- Amyda spinifer
— Potter, 1920
- Amyda spinifera spinifera
— Stejneger & T. Barbour, 1939
- Trionyx spinifera spinifera
— Cagle, 1941
- Amyda ferox spinifera
— Neill, 1951
- Trionyx ferox spinifera
— Schmidt, 1953
- Trionyx spinifer spinifer
— Schwartz, 1956
- Trionyx spiniferus spiniferus
— Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
- Apalone spinifera
— Meylan, 1987
- Apalone spiniferus
— Meylan & Webb, 1988
- Apalone spinifera spinifera
— Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989
- Apalone spinifera spinifera
— Stubbs, 1989
- Trionix spiniferus
— Richard, 1999
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The spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera) is a species of softshell turtle, one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America. Both the common name, spiny softshell, and the specific name, spinifera (spine-bearing), refer to the spiny, cone-like projections on the leading edge of the carapace, which are not scutes (scales).