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Apalone
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Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. The three species of Apalone are native to freshwater habitats in North America; they are the only living softshell turtles from the Americas (other American softshell turtles are only known from fossil remains).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyTrionychidae
滑鱉屬（Apalone，英语：softshell turtle）是鱉科下的一個屬，分佈於北美洲。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,335
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Trionychidae
- Collections
- AUM, UTEP, UCMP, CUMV
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geographic range
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Fossil taxa
- Sexual dimorphism
- Behavior
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. The three species of Apalone are native to freshwater habitats in North America; they are the only living softshell turtles from the Americas (other American softshell turtles are only known from fossil remains).
==Geographic range== Most Apalone species are restricted to the United States, though the range of the spiny softshell, A. spinifera, extends into southern Canada and northern Mexico.
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