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Trionychidae

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Noun1.Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtlesTrionychidae - soft-shelled turtles                
family Trionychidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles
pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle - voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
genus Trionyx, Trionyx - type genus of the Trionychidae
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ornata (Agassiz), ornate NW, SW box turtle Trachemys scripta (Schoepff), S, W red-eared turtle Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) Apalone mutica LeSueur, smooth softshell W, S A.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Family Trionychidae Bell, 1828 Subfamily Trionychinae Lydekker, 1889 cf.
Paleocene turtles and crocodilians directly above the ... by Holman, J. Alan / Michigan Academician
Turtles are represented by a suprapygal of a large sea turtle, probably of the modem green sea turtle genus Chelonia, and a softshell turtle of the modem family Trionychidae with a bony shell pattern of linked, rounded pits such as are found in modem genera in the family.
Paleocene Turtles and Crocodilians Directly above the ... by Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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