Maps
Locality Map
Locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
County Map
County map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Historical Locality Map
Historical locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that more recent records might conceal underlying older records.
Map created 3 August 2022.
Historical County Map
Historical county map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that only the most recent county record for each county is shown.
Map created 3 August 2022.
Ecological Drainage Locality Map
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Natural Divisions Locality Map
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Major Watersheds Locality Map
Major Watersheds locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level I Ecoregion Locality Map
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level II Ecoregion Locality Map
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level III Ecoregion Locality Map
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Native Status
Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell) is native to Missouri.
Collection Summary
Apalone spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell) has a total of 209 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 80 counties and 170 localities. There are a total of 103 collectors and 137 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 148 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1907 and its most recent collection year is 2021. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are March 18 and October 2, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.
Collection Summary by County
County | Localities | Collections | Collectors | Dates | Expeditions | Earliest Year | Latest Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adair | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
![]() | Audrain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
![]() | Barton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2016 | 2020 |
![]() | Bollinger | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
![]() | Boone | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1994 | 2007 |
![]() | Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
![]() | Callaway | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2000 | 2020 |
![]() | Camden | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1979 | 1996 |
![]() | Cape Girardeau | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1961 | 2020 |
![]() | Carroll | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Carter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2002 | 2002 |
![]() | Chariton | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1948 | 2014 |
![]() | Clark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 |
![]() | Clay | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1986 | 2021 |
![]() | Cole | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 2010 |
![]() | Cooper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Crawford | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1965 | 2008 |
![]() | Dade | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2016 |
![]() | Dallas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 2001 |
![]() | Dent | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1909 | 1976 |
![]() | Dunklin | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1961 | 1978 |
![]() | Franklin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1911 | 1911 |
![]() | Gasconade | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1941 | 1941 |
![]() | Gentry | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1993 | 2009 |
![]() | Greene | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1961 | 2020 |
![]() | Harrison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1993 | 1993 |
![]() | Hickory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 1992 |
![]() | Holt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Howard | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2002 | 2005 |
![]() | Howell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1960 | 1960 |
![]() | Jackson | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1962 | 1987 |
![]() | Jasper | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1964 | 2015 |
![]() | Jefferson | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1932 | 2006 |
![]() | Johnson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1954 | 1960 |
![]() | Knox | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2004 | 2004 |
![]() | Laclede | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Lewis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1996 | 1996 |
![]() | Lincoln | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1985 | 2020 |
![]() | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 1991 |
![]() | Macon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 |
![]() | Madison | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2003 | 2003 |
![]() | Maries | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
![]() | Marion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | McDonald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1990 | 1990 |
![]() | Miller | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1940 | 1997 |
![]() | Mississippi | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1962 | 2007 |
![]() | Monroe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1996 | 2009 |
![]() | Montgomery | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2004 | 2021 |
![]() | Morgan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1966 | 1966 |
![]() | Newton | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1935 | 2015 |
![]() | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 |
![]() | Osage | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Ozark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1969 | 1969 |
![]() | Pemiscot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1962 | 1962 |
![]() | Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 2011 |
![]() | Phelps | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1941 | 1999 |
![]() | Pike | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1931 | 2020 |
![]() | Platte | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Pulaski | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1954 | 2002 |
![]() | Randolph | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2001 | 2001 |
![]() | Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1911 | 1940 |
![]() | Ripley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1941 | 1941 |
![]() | Saint Charles | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1931 | 1931 |
![]() | Saint Clair | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Saint Francois | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
![]() | Saint Louis | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1907 | 1913 |
![]() | Saline | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Schuyler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
![]() | Scott | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2001 | 2020 |
![]() | Shannon | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1950 | 2020 |
![]() | Shelby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1997 | 1997 |
![]() | Stoddard | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2001 | 2005 |
![]() | Stone | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1908 | 2021 |
![]() | Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
![]() | Taney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1982 | 1982 |
![]() | Texas | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1988 | 2016 |
![]() | Vernon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Washington | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1909 | 1983 |
![]() | Wayne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1950 | 1950 |
![]() | Worth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1986 |
Potential County Records
Likelihood | County | Rationale | Ecoregion / Watershed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | Barry | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Spring |
![]() | 2 | Barry | Same watershed, within 5 miles | James |
![]() | 2 | Benton | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Niangua |
![]() | 2 | Benton | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Lamine |
![]() | 2 | Buchanan | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Platte |
![]() | 2 | Cedar | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Sac |
![]() | 2 | Christian | Same watershed, within 5 miles | James |
![]() | 2 | Clinton | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Platte |
![]() | 2 | Iron | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Upper Black |
![]() | 2 | Iron | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Upper St. Francis |
![]() | 2 | Lawrence | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Spring |
![]() | 2 | Moniteau | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Lower Missouri-Moreau |
![]() | 2 | New Madrid | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Town of Madrid-Saint Johns Bayou |
![]() | 2 | Pettis | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Lamine |
![]() | 2 | Polk | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Sac |
![]() | 2 | Putnam | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Lower Chariton |
![]() | 2 | Putnam | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Upper Chariton |
![]() | 2 | Ralls | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Salt |
![]() | 2 | Warren | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Lower Missouri |
![]() | 4 | Andrew | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Tarkio-Wolf |
![]() | 4 | Atchison | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Tarkio-Wolf |
![]() | 4 | Caldwell | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Upper Grand |
![]() | 4 | Cass | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Lower Missouri-Crooked |
![]() | 4 | Daviess | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Upper Grand |
![]() | 4 | Linn | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Lower Grand |
![]() | 4 | Nodaway | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Upper Grand |
![]() | 4 | Nodaway | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Tarkio-Wolf |
![]() | 4 | Ray | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Lower Missouri-Crooked |
![]() | 4 | Sainte Genevieve | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Big |
![]() | 4 | Sainte Genevieve | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Whitewater |
![]() | 6 | Bates | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Harry S. Truman Reservoir |
![]() | 6 | De Kalb | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Platte |
![]() | 6 | De Kalb | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Upper Grand |
![]() | 6 | Douglas | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Bull Shoals Lake |
![]() | 6 | Douglas | Same watershed, within 20 miles | North Fork White |
![]() | 6 | Grundy | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Upper Grand |
![]() | 6 | Henry | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Harry S. Truman Reservoir |
![]() | 6 | Lafayette | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Blackwater |
![]() | 6 | Lafayette | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Lower Missouri-Crooked |
![]() | 6 | Scotland | Same watershed, within 20 miles | South Fabius |
![]() | 6 | Scotland | Same watershed, within 20 miles | North Fabius |
![]() | 6 | Webster | Same watershed, within 20 miles | James |
![]() | 6 | Webster | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Niangua |
![]() | 8 | Wright | Same watershed, within 30 miles | Upper Gasconade |
![]() | 10 | Mercer | Adjacent county, same watershed | Lower Grand |
Linnaean Classification
- Kingdom:
- Animalia - Animals
- Phylum:
- Chordata - Chordates
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata - Vertebrates
- Class:
- Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles
- Order:
- Testudines Linnaeus, 1758 - Turtles
- Family:
- Trionychidae Bell, 1828 - Softshells
- Genus:
- Apalone Rafinesque, 1832 - North American Softshells
- Species:
- Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) - Eastern Spiny Softshell
Recent Taxonomic Synonyms
(none)