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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, MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Identified as Apalone spinifera aspera type status Voucher of Aspidonectes asper| Syntype of Aspidonectes asper| Paralectotype of Amyda spinifera aspera.

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MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Apalone spinifera aspera. Syntype.

Media type: image, MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Identified as Apalone spinifera aspera type status Voucher of Aspidonectes asper| Syntype of Aspidonectes asper| Paralectotype of Amyda spinifera aspera.

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MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Apalone spinifera aspera. Syntype.

Media type: image, MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Identified as Apalone spinifera aspera type status Voucher of Aspidonectes asper| Syntype of Aspidonectes asper| Paralectotype of Amyda spinifera aspera.

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MCZ:Herp:R-1597 Apalone spinifera aspera. Syntype.

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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Agassiz 1857 Description: text

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

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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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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

  • None

  • 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 page for: Herpetology Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.64

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