Plethobasus cyphyus

Plethobasus cyphyus
Plethobasus cyphyus
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Plethobasus
Species: P. cyphyus
Binomial name
Plethobasus cyphyus
Rafinesque, 1820

Plethobasus cyphyus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. "Plethobasus cyphyus". NatureServe. Retrieved 2011-12-02.