Apalone mutica LeSueur 1827:263

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 62

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scientific name	Apalone mutica LeSueur 1827:263
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Syntypes (4): MNHN 564 (formerly 790), 4143 (formerly 768), 8813 (formerly 787) and 8814 (formerly 788); MNHN 8813 designated as lectotype by Stejneger (1944:14, 18) and recognized as such by Webb (1962:534); illustrated in Bour (2010:35); photographed in Webb (1962: Pl. 53) and Bour et al. (1995:81). Stejneger (1944:14, 18) erroneously cited only MNHN 787 and 788 as cotypes, and Webb (1962:536) mentioned only three syntypes.

Trionyx pusilla Rafinesque 1822:3

Holotype: Not located.

Potamochelys microcephalus Gray 1864: 87

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3 .6.22 (formerly 56.9.19.22; Baur 1888:1121).

References

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

Bour, R., Dubois, A. & Webb, R. G. (1995) Types of recent trionychid turtles in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Dumerilia, 2, 73 - 92.

Bour, R. (2010) Trionyx spiniferus LeSueur, 1827 and Trionyx muticus LeSueur, 1827. Type specimens and original illustrations. Emys, 17 (2), 27 - 36.

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.