| Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Chordata
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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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| Subspecies:
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A. s. aspera
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| Trinomial name
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Apalone spinifera aspera
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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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.