Apalone spinifera (Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Order Testudines
        
        Family Trionychidae
        
        Genus Apalone
        
        Species Apalone spinifera (Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell)
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera aspera
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera ater
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera emoryi
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera hartwegi
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera pallida
        
        Infraspecies Apalone spinifera spinifera