MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Plethobasus aesopiformis
nominal species Unio aesopiformis Whitfield, 1903
Unio aesopiformis Whitfield, 1903 = Plethobasus aesopiformis
Whitfield, 1903. Bull. AMNH 19: 483, pl. 38, figs. 1-5.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Plethobasus aesopiformis (Whitfield, 1903) — Hartmann, 1998
= Plethobasus aesopiformis (Whitfield) — Russell, 1976
= Plethobasus aesopiformis (Whitfield, 1903) — Modell, 1957
= Unio aesopiformis Whitfield — Henderson, 1935
