# Plethobasus

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Genus of bivalves

Plethobasus A live individual of Plethobasus cyphyus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Pleurobemini Genus: Plethobasus Simpson, 1900

***Plethobasus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.

## Species

Species within the genus *Plethobasus* include:

- *[Plethobasus cicatricosus](/source/Plethobasus_cicatricosus)* (white warty-back pearly mussel)

- *[Plethobasus cooperianus](/source/Plethobasus_cooperianus)* (orange-footed pimpleback mussel)

- *[Plethobasus cyphyus](/source/Plethobasus_cyphyus)* (sheepnose mussel)

## References

Taxon identifiers Plethobasus Wikidata: Q3012947 BOLD: 82696 CoL: 7PCVL EoL: 57640 GBIF: 2287975 iNaturalist: 91169 IRMNG: 1018673 ITIS: 80226 NCBI: 293115 Open Tree of Life: 99997 WoRMS: 856842

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