Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini

genus Plethobasus Simpson, 1900: species

1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Included Species

Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)

synonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Lower Ohio River Basin and Cumberland Plateau, USA. (North America)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Plethobasus cooperianus

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Ohio Basin, including the Cumberland Plateau, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1ce+2ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

synonymy (3 available, 9 total) | specimens (3 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers, including the Cumberland Plateau, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ce
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Plethobasus aesopiformis (Whitfield, 1903) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

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Plethobasus biesopoides (Whitfield, 1907) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

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