Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 63

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Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz 857:40, 405)

Syntypes (9, according to Webb 1960:3): MCZ 1597, 1622 (photographed in Stejneger 1944:Pl. 16), 37173, 46615, 46621 and 46633; and USNM 22676 (formerly USNM Osteo 12349), 248989 (formerly USNM Osteo 1084), and 248990 (formerly USNM Osteo 1086)( Reynolds et al. 2007:34). Barbour & Loveridge (1929:225) erroneously listed only MCZ 1597 and 1622 in the MCZ collection. Stejneger (1944:56–58) reported only two “co-types”, USNM 12349 and 37173, and considered MCZ 1597 and 1622 as paratypes. MCZ 1597 designated lectotype by Webb (1960:6).

Platypeltis agassizii Baur 1888:1121

Syntypes (2): MCZ 37172 View Materials , according to Stejneger (1944:72) and Schwartz (1956:9); and USNM 92584 (formerly MCZ 1601), according to Cochran (1961:233); however, Reynolds et al. (2007:3) did not consider the latter a type. MCZ 37172 View Materials considered holotype by Webb (1962; skull photographed therein, Pl. 54).

References

Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A. (1929) Typical reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 69 (10), 205 - 360.

Baur, G. (1888) Notes on the American Trionychidae. The American Naturalist, 22, 1121 - 112.

Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220

Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626

Stejneger, l. (1944) Notes on the American soft-shelled turtles with special reference to Amyda agassizii. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 94 (1), 1 - 75.

Webb, R. G. (1960) Type and type locality of the Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle, Trionyx spinifer asper (Agassiz). Breviora, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 129, 1 - 8.

Webb, R. G. (1962) North American Recent soft-shelled turtles (family Trionychidae). University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 13, 429 - 611.