Plethobasus
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Plethobasus is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks 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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