{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817).jpg | image_caption = ''Potamilus alatus'' | taxon = Potamilus | authority = Rafinesque, 1818 | synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} * ''Anodonta'' (''Lastena'') <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Lampsilis'' (''Leptodea'') <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Lampsilis'' (''Proptera'') <small>Rafinesque, 1819</small> * ''Lasmonos'' <small>Rafinesque, 1831</small> * ''Lastena'' <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Leptodea'' <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Limnadea'' <small>Agassiz, 1846</small> * ''Lymnadea'' [lapsus] * ''Lymnadia'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1839</small> * ''Metaptera'' <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Monelagmus'' <small>Agassiz, 1846</small> * ''Monelasmus'' <small>Agassiz, 1846</small> * ''Naidea'' <small>Swainson, 1840</small> * ''Paraptera'' <small>Ortmann, 1911</small> * ''Pareptera'' <small>Ortmann, 1911</small> * ''Potamilus'' (''Lastena'') <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Proptera'' <small>Rafinesque, 1819</small> * ''Stenelasma'' <small>Herrmannsen, 1849</small> * ''Symphynota'' <small>I. Lea, 1829</small> * ''Symphynota'' (''Symphynota'') <small>I. Lea, 1829</small> * ''Unio'' (''Leptodea'') <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Unio'' (''Metaptera'') <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small> * ''Unio'' (''Symphynota'') <small>I. Lea, 1829</small> {{hidden end}} }}
'''''Potamilus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747094 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref>
==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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