Plethobasus
Plethobasus | |
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A live individual of Plethobasus cyphyus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Pleurobemini |
Genus: | Plethobasus Simpson, 1900 |
Plethobasus is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Plethobasus include:
- Plethobasus cicatricosus (white warty-back pearly mussel)
- Plethobasus cooperianus (orange-footed pimpleback mussel)
- Plethobasus cyphyus (sheepnose mussel)
References
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