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Sheepnose

Plethobasus cyphyus

Classification

Family
Unionidae

Plethobasus cyphyus, the sheepnose mussel, 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 endangered by the U.

Distribution

(c) USFWSmidwest, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 29