# Inflated heelsplitter

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Species of bivalve

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Inflated heelsplitter Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1] Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Genus: Potamilus Species: P. inflatus Binomial name Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831)

***Potamilus inflatus***, the **inflated heelsplitter**, is a species of freshwater [mussel](/source/Mussel), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.

This species was called by the [common name](/source/Common_name) *Alabama heelsplitter* in the standard reference, Turgeon, 1998. Because another species *[Lasmigona alabamensis](/source/Lasmigona_alabamensis)* was also given that same name in that publication, this duplication of name caused some confusion. Therefore, the common name of this species was subsequently changed to "inflated heelsplitter".

This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the United States. It is an endangered species.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_15_November_2021_1-0)** Bogan, A.E. (1996). ["*Potamilus inflatus*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18092/7655485). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **1996** e.T18092A7655485. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18092A7655485.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18092A7655485.en). Retrieved 15 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Potamilus inflatus*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108966/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 December 2025.

Taxon identifiers Potamilus inflatus Wikidata: Q3016010 BOLD: 33352 CoL: 4M3D5 ECOS: 7286 EoL: 451969 GBIF: 2287987 iNaturalist: 110200 IRMNG: 10245651 ISC: 122640 ITIS: 80287 IUCN: 18092 NatureServe: 2.108966 NCBI: 81576 Open Tree of Life: 732222 WoRMS: 857379

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