Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle

Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. spinifera
Subspecies:	A. s. aspera
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera aspera Agassiz, 1857
Synonyms[2]
Aspidonectes asper Agassiz, 1857 Platypeltis agassizii Baur, 1888 Trionyx agassizii – O.P. Hay, 1892 Pelodiscus agassizii – Baur, 1893 Platypeltis asper – Baur, 1893 Aspidonectes agassizi – Jordan, 1899 (ex errore) Trionyx spiniferus agassizii – Siebenrock, 1924 Amyda agassizii – Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Amyda spinifera aspera – Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Amyda ferox agassizii – Neill, 1951 Amyda ferox aspera Neill, 1951 Trionyx ferox agassizi – Schmidt, 1953 Trionyx ferox aspera – Schmidt, 1953 Trionyx spinifer asper – Schwartz, 1956 Trionyx spiniferus asper – Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 Trionyx spiniferus asperus – Zappalorti, 1976 Trionyx spiniferous asperus – Anderson, 1985 Apalone spinifera asper – Ernst & Barbour, 1989 Apalone spinifera asper – Stubbs, 1989 Apalone spinifera aspera – Iverson, Meylan, Pritchard, Seidel & Ward, 1990

The Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera aspera), a subspecies in the Trionychidae family of softshell turtles, is endemic to the south-eastern United States.