Texas spiny softshell turtle facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Apalone spinifera emoryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. spinifera
Subspecies:	A. s. emoryi
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms
Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz, 1857 Trionyx emoryi — Strauch, 1862 Aspidonectes emyda Gray, 1870 Aspidonectes georgii Gray, 1870 Platypeltis emoryii [sic] — Baur, 1893 (ex errore) Platypeltis emoryi — Siebenrock, 1909 Amyda emoryi — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917 Amyda emoryii — Strecker, 1927 Amyda ferox emoryi — Neill, 1951 Trionyx ferox emoryi — Schmidt, 1953 Trionyx spinifer emoryi — A. Schwartz, 1956 Trionyx spinifera emoryi — Minton, 1959 Trionyx spiniferus emoryi — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 Trionyx spiniferus emoryir [sic] Honegger, 1982 (ex errore) Apalone spinifera emoryi — Ernst & Barbour, 1989 Apalone spinifera emoryi — Stubbs, 1989

The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of the spiny softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is native to the southwestern United States. The subspecific name, emoryi, is in honor of United States Army officer and surveyor William Hemsley Emory. A. s. emoryi is found in Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande and its immediate tributaries.

• Species Apalone spinifera at The Reptile Database