Plethobasus

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Plethobasus cyphyus.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Plethobasus cyphyus]]'' | taxon = Plethobasus | authority = Simpson, 1900 }}

'''''Plethobasus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels.

==Species== Species within the genus ''Plethobasus'' include: * ''[[Plethobasus cicatricosus]]'' (white warty-back pearly mussel) * ''[[Plethobasus cooperianus]]'' (orange-footed pimpleback mussel) * ''[[Plethobasus cyphyus]]'' (sheepnose mussel)

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