Potamilus

Potamilus is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassBivalvia
OrderUnionida
FamilyUnionidae

Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records: 117
With media: 409
Family: Unionidae
Collections: BUMMC, CMN, OSUM, USNM
Recorded in: United States, Mexico

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Unionidae
Image: Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817).jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Potamilus
taxon name: Potamilus
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Potamilus

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Potamilus is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

==Species== Species within the genus Potamilus include: Potamilus alatus (pink heelsplitter) Potamilus amphichaenus (Texas heelsplitter) Potamilus capax (fat pocketbook pearly mussel) Potamilus inflatus (inflated heelsplitter) Potamilus metnecktayi (Salina mucket) Potamilus ohiensis (pink papershell) Potamilus purpuratus (bleufer)

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