Apalone spinifera hartwegi

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Apalone spinifera spinifera.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Apalone
Species: Apalone spinifera
Subspecies: Apalone spinifera hartwegi

Name

Apalone spinifera hartwegi (Conant & Goin, 1948)

Type locality: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Holotype: UMMZ No. 95365.
Paratypes: UMMZ Nos. 66939–41; USNM Nos. 91022, 100529–30; UMMZ No. 75963; USNM No. 95301; MCZ No. 5758; USNM No. 55683; UK No. 2990; UMMZ No. 69294; UK No. 15934; UK No. 3289; UMMZ Nos. 95363–64.
Status: invalid — Junior synonym of Apalone spinifera spinifera.

References

Primary references

Conant, R. & Goin, C.J. 1948. A New Subspecies of Soft-shelled Turtle from the Central United States, with Comments on the Application of the Name Amyda. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (510): 1–19. hdl: 2027.42/56948 Reference page.