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Taxonomy:
Six subspecies are recognized for
Apalone spinifera (Iverson et al. 2008).
Distribution: The Spiny Softshell is
thought to occur statewide in Tennessee.
Verified records are lacking for the Cumberland Plateau and a dozen
counties in upper northeastern Tennessee.
These may or may not represent real gaps in the distribution of the
species in Tennessee. The range map
provided by Conant and Collins (1998) depicts
A. s. spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell) as occurring across most
of Tennessee. However,
Apalone s. asper (Gulf Coast Spiny
Softshell) may occur in the Conasauga River in East Tennessee.
The Conasauga River is Tennessee’s only stream that is part of the
Alabama River Drainage.
Museum Records
by Counties: Anderson—UMMZ
121010, 121011.
Benton—UMMZ
113036. Blount—GSMNP
4185, 4186, 15872; UTKVZC 4757.
Bradley—NCSM
40861; UMMZ 59197, 59198.
Claiborne—USNM
86677. Clay—LSUMZ
35416; USNM 107786, 107787.
Davidson—USNM
7163, 7165-7167, 7169.
Decatur—KU
3000; LSUMZ 52121.
Dyer—APSU 12682; CMNH 76060.
Fentress—LSUMZ 35417.
Hamilton—USNM
131861.
Hickman—APSU 16905.
Houston—APSU
6001.
Humphreys—APSU 16884; SIU R-3269.
Knox—FLMNH uncataloged (1
specimen).
Lake—APSU 14089; CMNH
95479, 96063, 96064, 96079, 96080, 107806, 107821-107825, 107831-107835.
Meigs—FLMNH 22392, 61883,
61884, uncataloged (1 specimen). Monroe—FLMNH 61882; TU 16058; UTKVZC 790.
Montgomery—APSU 1798, 4394, 18821.
Obion—UL
4330, 4331; UMMZ 53199; USNM 102911, 102912.
Overton—LSUMZ 35418; TTU 980; UMMZ 69561. Perry—APSU 3846.
Roane—TTU
256; USNM 87164.
Sevier—GSMNP
4184; TU 16132; UMMZ 86734, 86735; USNM 86681, 86682. Shelby—APSU 12005.
Stewart—APSU
450, 451.
Wayne—AUM 23241.
Literature
Sources by Counties: Anderson—Meyers-Schöne
and Walton (1990),
Benton—Webb (1962).
Blount—King
(1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967), Andreadis (1997), Tilley and Huheey (2001).
Bradley—Webb (1962).
Chester—Endsley
(1954). Claiborne—Stejneger
(1944), Webb (1962).
Clay—Gentry
(1941), Shoup et al. (1941), Stejneger (1944). Coffee—Miller et al. (2005), Niemiller (2005).
Davidson—Stejneger (1944), Webb
(1962), Gibson (1980).
Decatur—Webb
(1962). Fayette—Ream
(2008).
Fentress—Gentry (1941).
Franklin—Miller et al. (2005).
Hamilton—Webb
(1962). Hardeman—Norton
(1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).
Haywood—Stanley
(2005). Humphreys—Williamson
(2001a).
Jackson—Gentry (1941).
Knox—Rhoads (1895).
Lake—Parker (1948).
Monroe—Webb (1962), Breitburg
(1983).
Montgomery—Scott (1967),
Scott and Snyder (1968).
Obion—Rhoads
(1895), Parker (1937a, 1948), Webb (1962).
Overton— Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941), Webb (1962),
DeLotelle (1976), Weber and Layzer (2011).
Pickett—Gentry
(1941).
Roane—Stejneger (1944),
Krumholz (1954), Johnson (1964),
Meyers-Schöne and Walton (1990).
Rutherford—Edney (1949), White and Murphy (1972), Limsuwan and Dunn
(1977, 1978), Robinson and Murphy (1978), Cooper and Sharp (1982), Varner
(1995), Lamb (1996, 2001), Glorioso and Niemiller (2006), Niemiller et al.
(2011).
Sevier—King
(1939), Stejneger (1944), Webb (1962), Huheey and Stupka (1967), Parmalee (1989).
Questionable
and/or Erroneous Records:
None.
Conservation
Status:
None.
Posted: 22 December 2009
Latest Revision: 19 July 2011
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