Texas heelsplitter

Texas heelsplitter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potamilus
Species: P. amphichaenus
Binomial name
Potamilus amphichaenus
Frierson, 1898

The Texas heelsplitter, scientific name Potamilus amphichaenus, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

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