Apalone spinifera emoryi ( Agassiz 1857:407 )

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

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scientific name	Apalone spinifera emoryi ( Agassiz 1857:407 )
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Apalone spinifera emoryi ( Agassiz 1857:407)

Syntypes (number uncertain): BMNH 1873.8.13.6 (formerly USNM 62, then recatalogued as USNM 7857; Reynolds et al. 2007:34–35); MCZ 1909 (3 specimens), 1910 (mistakenly listed as 1913 by Stejneger 1944:65, who included Agassiz’s original drawings [Pls. 20–21] of what was assumed to be this specimen), 1627 (2 specimens) ( Barbour & Loveridge 1929:225; listed as MCZ 6126 by Reynolds et al. 2007:35), and 184852-53; and USNM 7637-39, 7642, 7644, 7855, 7856 (exchanged, but destination [“Chicago”] uncertain), 7858 (formerly USNM 94), 131841 (formerly USNM 7643), Osteo 2157 (lost)( Reynolds et al. 2007:34–35). USNM 7855 designated lectotype by Webb (1962:514), and was the only USNM syntype listed by Cochran (1961:227).

References

Agassiz, L. (1857) Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classification. Part II. North American Testudinata. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, pp. 1 - 452.

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.

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