- Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
Taxobox
name = Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo =Testudines
familia =Trionychidae
genus = "Apalone "
species = "A. spinifera"
subspecies = "A. s. aspera"
trinomial = "Apalone spinifera aspera"
trinomial_authority = Agassiz, 1857
synonyms = "Aspidonectes asper"
"Platypeltis agassizii"
"Amyda spinifera aspera"
"Trionyx spiniferus asper"The Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle ("Apalone spinifera aspera") is a
subspecies of softshelledturtle native to theUnited States . It is found in fresh water rivers along theGulf of Mexico fromNorth Carolina toMississippi .References
*EMBL species|genus=Apalone|species=spinifera
* [http://www.geocities.com/turtlestevesplace/turtle/guide/ts.html Turtle Field Guide: Spiny Softshell Subspecies]
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