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