Apalone mutica (Smooth Softshell)
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SMOOTH
SOFTSHELL Apalone mutica (LeSueur, 1827)
STATUS: Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Cedar Creek at the
Trinity River; Parker Co.: 5.4 mi N of Tx 171 on US 377 in Bear Creek;
Somervell Co.: Brazos
River at Tx 67; Tarrant
Co.: below Lake Worth dam
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Denton,
Somervell, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms and Brazos River Bottoms
SUBSPECIES: Midland
Smooth Softshell [A. m. mutica (LeSueur,
1827)]
COMMENTS: There are no
recent records of the midland smooth softshell in the Trinity River.
Specimens need to be brought in for confirmation.
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