NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Apalone
  Subfamily - Trionychinae
  Family - Trionychidae
  Superfamily - Trionychoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera aspera
      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera emoryi
      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera pallida
      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera spinifera
      Subspecies - Apalone spinifera atra