Plethobasus cyphyus

Sheepnose Mussel
Plethobasus cyphyus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Plethobasus
Species: P. cyphyus
Binomial name
Plethobasus cyphyus
Rafinesque, 1820

The sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the Midwest and Southeast United States. It is currently listed as vulnerable as it is no longer in two-thirds of its historical range.[2]

Individuals fresh from the water

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