Smooth softshell turtle

Smooth softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. mutica
Binomial name
	Apalone mutica; (Lesueur, 1827)
	States inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
	Minnesota counties inhabited by the smooth softshell turtle
Synonyms
	Trionyx muticus ; Lesueur, 1827; Aspidonectes muticus ; — Wagler, 1830; Gymnopus muticus ; — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Amyda mutica ; — Agassiz, 1857; Trionyx muticus ; — Webb, 1959; Apolone mutica ; — Meylan, 1987; Apalone mutica mutica Trionyx pusilla ; Rafinesque, 1822; Trionyx muticus ; Lesueur, 1827; Aspidonectes muticus ; — Wagler, 1830; Gymnopus muticus ; — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Amyda mutica ; — Agassiz, 1857; Potamochelys microcephalus ; Gray, 1864; Callinia microcephala ; — Gray, 1869; Potamochelys microcephala ; — Boulenger, 1889; Trionyx muticus muticus ; — Webb, 1959; Apalone mutica ; — Meylan, 1987; Apalone muticus ; — Meylan & Webb, 1988; Apalone mutica mutica ; — Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989; Apalone mutica mutica ; — Stubbs, 1989; Trionix muticus ; — Richard, 1999; Apalone mutica calvata Trionyx pusilla ; Rafinesque, 1822; (nomen suppressum); Trionyx muticus calvatus ; Webb, 1959; Apalone mutica calvata ; — Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989; Apalone mutica calvata ; — Stubbs, 1989;

The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a species of softshell turtle of the family Trionychidae. This freshwater turtle is endemic to the United States where it inhabits the Mississippi River system and other river basins emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

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