Potamilus alatus

Potamilus alatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potamilus
Species: P. alatus
Binomial name
Potamilus alatus
Say, 1817

The Pink Heelsplitter (Potamilus alatus) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, commonly known as the river mussels.

This species is native to eastern North America. It is found in the drainages of the Ohio River, the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Canadian Interior Basin.

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