Texas spiny softshell turtle

Texas spiny softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
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
	List 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 & T. 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 & R. 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 and adjacent northeastern Mexico.