# Potamilus

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Genus of bivalves

Potamilus Potamilus alatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Lampsilini Genus: Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818 Synonyms List Anodonta (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820 Lampsilis (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820 Lampsilis (Proptera) Rafinesque, 1819 Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831 Lastena Rafinesque, 1820 Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820 Limnadea Agassiz, 1846 Lymnadea [lapsus] Lymnadia G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820 Monelagmus Agassiz, 1846 Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846 Naidea Swainson, 1840 Paraptera Ortmann, 1911 Pareptera Ortmann, 1911 Potamilus (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820 Proptera Rafinesque, 1819 Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849 Symphynota I. Lea, 1829 Symphynota (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829 Unio (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820 Unio (Metaptera) Rafinesque, 1820 Unio (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829

***Potamilus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.[1]

## Species

Species within the genus *Potamilus* include:

- *[Potamilus alatus](/source/Potamilus_alatus)* (pink heelsplitter)

- *[Potamilus amphichaenus](/source/Potamilus_amphichaenus)* (Texas heelsplitter)

- *[Potamilus capax](/source/Potamilus_capax)* (fat pocketbook pearly mussel)

- *[Potamilus inflatus](/source/Potamilus_inflatus)* (inflated heelsplitter)

- *[Potamilus metnecktayi](/source/Potamilus_metnecktayi)* (Salina mucket)

- *[Potamilus ohiensis](/source/Potamilus_ohiensis)* (pink papershell)

- *[Potamilus purpuratus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potamilus_purpuratus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (bleufer)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747094). *www.marinespecies.org*. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

Taxon identifiers Potamilus Wikidata: Q3016680 BOLD: 4969 CoL: 7PD77 EoL: 57534 GBIF: 2287983 iNaturalist: 91269 IRMNG: 1321927 ITIS: 80281 NCBI: 52399 Open Tree of Life: 765098 WoRMS: 747094

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