MolluscaBase taxon details
Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
857355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857355)
accepted
Species
Margarita (Unio) aesopus (Green, 1827) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) æsopus (Green, 1827) · unaccepted
Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Plethobasus aesopus (Green, 1827) · unaccepted
Plethobasus compertus (Frierson, 1911) · unaccepted
Plethobasus cyphus (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Plethobasus cyphyus compertus (Frierson, 1911) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) aesopus (Green, 1827) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) compertum (Frierson, 1911) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyum (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Pleurobema aesopus (Green, 1827) · unaccepted
Pleurobema cyphyum (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Unio aesopus Green, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio compertus Frierson, 1911 · unaccepted
Unio cyphia (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Plethobasus cyphyus compertus (Frierson, 1911) accepted as Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
(of Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 305 [details]
page(s): 305 [details]
Note USA, the Ohio River
Type locality USA, the Ohio River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857355 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Unio aesopus Green, 1827) Green, J. (1827). Some remarks on the Unios of the United States, with a description of a new species. Contributions of the Maclurian Lyceum to the Arts and Sciences, 1(2): 41-47, plate 3, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47262308
page(s): 46, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio compertus Frierson, 1911) Frierson, L. S. (1911). Remarks on <i>Unio varicosus, cicatricosus</i> and <i>Unio compertus</i>, new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(5): 51-54, pls. 2-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818232
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Unio aesopus Green, 1827) Green, J. (1827). Some remarks on the Unios of the United States, with a description of a new species. Contributions of the Maclurian Lyceum to the Arts and Sciences, 1(2): 41-47, plate 3, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47262308
page(s): 46, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio compertus Frierson, 1911) Frierson, L. S. (1911). Remarks on <i>Unio varicosus, cicatricosus</i> and <i>Unio compertus</i>, new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(5): 51-54, pls. 2-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818232
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, the Ohio River [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sheepnose | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Obliquaria cyphya. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 305 - catalog no. 20239) (from synonym Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plethobasus cyphyus)
To GenBank (171 nucleotides; 168 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plethobasus cyphyus)
To GenBank (171 nucleotides; 168 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
