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Trionyx or Aspidonectus ferox
Trionyx Tri*on"yx, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see Tri-) + ? a claw.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle. Note: The common American species (Trionyx, or Aspidonectus, ferox) becomes over a foot in length and is very voracious. Similar species are found in Asia and Africa.

Meaning of Aspidon from wikipedia

- the Othismos or "push." Thucydides described hoplite warfare as othismos aspidon or "the push of shields". Battles rarely lasted more than an hour. Once...
- Penteado-Dias, 2006 c g Alcima Förster, 1869 c g Allotheca Cameron, 1906 c Aspidon Gupta, 1989 c g Bathyplectes Förster, 1869 c g b Benjaminia Viereck, 1912...
- Ricanocephalus Melichar, 1898 Tribe Platybrachini Schmidt, E., 1908 Aspidonitys Karsch, 1895 Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy, 1906 Fletcherobrachys Constant...