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Taxonomy:
Five subspecies are recognized for
Apalone spinifera (Iverson et al. 2012). Two of these, A. s.
spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell) and A. s. aspera (Gulf Coast
Spiny Softshell) occur in Tennessee (Conant and Collins 1998).
Distribution: The Spiny Softshell is thought to occur statewide in Tennessee. However, verified records are lacking for the Cumberland Plateau and several counties in upper northeastern Tennessee. The range map provided by Conant and Collins (1998) depicts A. s. spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell) occurring across most of Tennessee, with A. s. aspera (Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell) restricted to the Conasauga River drainage in southeastern Tennessee. The Conasauga River is the only stream in Tennessee 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—APSU
19213; 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.
Hardin—APSU
19310.
Henderson—APSU 19472.
Hickman—APSU 16905.
Houston—APSU
6001.
Humphreys—APSU 16884; SIU R-3269.
Knox—FLMNH uncataloged (1
specimen).
Lewis—19489.
Madison—APSU 19500.
Maury—APSU 19239.
Lake—APSU 14089; CMNH
95479, 96063, 96064, 96079, 96080, 107806, 107821-107825, 107831-107835.
Lawrence—APSU
19359. 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.
Polk—APSU 19778.
Roane—TTU
256; USNM 87164.
Sevier—GSMNP
4184; TU 16132; UMMZ 86734, 86735; USNM 86681, 86682. Shelby—APSU 12005.
Stewart—APSU
450, 451.
Sullivan—APSU 19542.
Tipton—APSU
19579.
Wayne—AUM 23241.
Literature Sources by Counties: Anderson—Meyers-Schöne and Walton (1990), Meyers-Schöne et al. (1993). Benton—Webb (1962). Blount—King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967), Andreadis (1997), Tilley and Huheey (2001). Bradley—Webb (1962), Hedrick et al. (2012). 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). Giles—Linderman (2017a). Hamilton—Webb (1962). Hardeman—Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975). Hardin—Butterfield et al. (2012). Haywood—Stanley (2005). Henderson—Hall (2014). Humphreys—Williamson (2001a). Jackson—Gentry (1941). Knox—Rhoads (1895). Lake—Parker (1948). Lawrence—Fulbright et al. (2013). Lewis—Smith and Foster (2014). Madison—Butterfield and Albright (2014). Marion—Wilson et al. (2012). Maury—Foster et al. (2013). Monroe—Webb (1962), Breitburg (1983a). 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). Polk—Powers and Niemiller (2013c), Nelson and Dochtermann (2018). Roane—Stejneger (1944), Krumholz (1954), Johnson (1964), Meyers-Schöne and Walton (1990), Meyers-Schöne et al. (1993), Van Dyke et al. (2013), Steen et al. (2015). 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). Sullivan—O’Bryan et al. (2015). Tipton—Colvin et al. (2015a).
Questionable
and/or Erroneous Records:
None.
Conservation
Status:
None.
Posted: 22 December 2009
Latest Revision: 9 June 2018
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