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MCZ Herpetology R-1597

Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)

Paralectotype of Amyda spinifera aspera  
  Syntype of Aspidonectes asper

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-02-03

North America: United States: Mississippi: Adams | Natchez

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-1597 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-1597

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Current Identification
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Trionychoidea Trionychidae
Common Name(s): Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell; Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Previous Identification
Trionyx spiniferus asper
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Trionychoidea Trionychidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998

Agassiz 1857, page 405, Syntype of Aspidonectes asper types not specified in text; however, collector and locality match
Barbour and Loveridge 1929, page 225, Voucher of Aspidonectes asper
Stejneger 1944, page 56, Paralectotype of Amyda spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)
Media type: text; Agassiz 1857 Description: text;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz 1857 Description: text

Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10;

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10

Media type: text; Stejneger 1944 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCIV no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Stejneger 1944 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCIV no. 1

  • muse location number: ZR1597

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: disarticulated
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

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  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Mississippi
  • County:
  • Adams
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Natchez
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lower Miss River, Natchez
  • Georeference:
  • 31.5604440, -91.403171 (Error radius: 6654m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2021-04-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-02-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Winthrop Sargent

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-1576; R-1577; R-1578; R-1579; R-1580; R-1581; R-1582; R-1583; R-1584; R-1585; R-1586; R-1587; R-1588; R-1589; R-1590; R-1591; R-1592; R-1593; R-1594; R-1595; R-1596; R-1597; R-1598; R-1599; R-1600 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.64;

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Ledger Entry for:
MCZ:Herp:R-1576 Sternotherus odoratus Syntype
MCZ:Herp:R-1577 Sternotherus odoratus
MCZ:Herp:R-1578 Sternotherus odoratus
MCZ:Herp:R-1579 Sternother...

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