title: Plethobasus
text: # Plethobasus
  
  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)
  