The Trionychinae are a subfamily of turtles in the family
Trionychidae
The Trionychidae are a taxonomic family of a number of turtle genera, commonly known as softshell turtles. The family was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can a ...
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Classification
The subfamily has 11 extant genera:
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Amyda
''Amyda'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae.
It contains two extant species:
* ''Amyda cartilaginea'' - Asiatic softshell turtle
* ''Amyda ornata'' - Southeast Asian softshell turtle
Both species were formerly consid ...
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Apalone''
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Axestemys''
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Chitra''
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Dogania''
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Drazinderetes''
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Gobiapalone''
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Khunnuchelys''
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Murgonemys''
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Nilssonia''
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Oliveremys''
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Palea''
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Palaeoamyda''
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Pelochelys
''Pelochelys'' is a genus of very large softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. They are found from peninsular India northeast to southern China, and south to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
The species in this genus, while still being fr ...
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Pelodiscus''
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Rafetoides'' (
nomen dubium)
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Rafetus''
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Trionyx
''Trionyx'' is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today '' T. triunguis'', the African or Nile softshell turtle, is the only extant softshe ...
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References
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Tetrapod subfamilies
Taxa named by John Edward Gray