EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Apalone mutica
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
species..............Apalone mutica (Smooth Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- LeSueur 1827 : 263
- Syntypes
- (5 specimens) MNHN 564; MNHN 4143; MNHN 7977; MNHN 8813 (formerly 787); MNHN 8814 (formerly 788); MNHN 8813 (formerly 787) designated lectotype by Webb 1962:534-536.
- Type Locality
- "Newharmony, sur le Wabash" [= New Harmony, Wabash River, Posey County, Indiana, USA]
- Original name
- Trionyx muticus
- Common Name
- Smooth Softshell Turtle
- Distribution
- Central USA from southcentral North Dakota, southwestern Wisconsin and western Pennsylvania to east Texas and extreme western Florida
- Comments
- Reviewed by Webb (1962 and 1973c; as Trionyx muticus) and Meylan (1987). Subgenus Apalone according to Meylan (1987:92).
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