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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Plethobasus

species Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Plethobasus cyphyus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers, including the Cumberland Plateau, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_1639. (COI: AY613828, go to Genbank) Clinch River, Brooks Island, RM 184.5, Hancock Co. TN.

UAUC_3157. (16S: AY655058, ITS1: DQ383445, ND1: AY613799, go to Genbank) Clinch River, Frost Ford, RM 181.2, Hancock Co. TN.