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Mitchell, J.C., B.W. Steury, K.A. Buhlmann, P.P. van Dijk. 2007. Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) in the Potomac River and notes on Eastern spiny softshells (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Virginia. Banisteria 30:41-43.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 21077
Type: Journal Article
Author: Mitchell, J.C., B.W. Steury, K.A. Buhlmann, P.P. van Dijk.
Date (year): 2007
Article Title:Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) in the Potomac River and notes on Eastern spiny softshells (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Virginia.
Journal Name: Banisteria
Volume: 30
Issue:
Pages: 41-43
URL:
Keywords: Pelodiscus sinensis, Apalone spinifera, Chinese softshell turtle, Eastern spiny softshell, Virginia, Maryland, Potomac river, Occoquan River, Asian food market release
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Apalone spinifera spinifera

    VA - Occoquan River, 9 km from confluence with Potomac River
    VA - Lake Whitehurst

Pelodiscus sinensis

    VA - Dyke Marsh, Alexandria - on the Potomac River, and 10 mi downriver at Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
    MD - Potomac River


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