{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} {{Speciesbox | image = Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817).jpg | image_caption = Museum specimen | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bogan, A.E. |author2=Woolnough, D. |date=2017 |title=''Potamilus alatus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T18093A62905557 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18093A62905557.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G5 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.115707 |title=''Potamilus alatus'' |access-date=30 December 2025}}</ref> | genus = Potamilus | species = alatus | authority = ([[Thomas Say|Say]], 1817) | synonyms = }}
'''''Potamilus alatus''''', the '''pink heelsplitter''', is a [[species]] of [[freshwater mussel]], an [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Unionidae]], commonly known as the river mussels.
This species is native to eastern [[North America]]. It is found in the drainages of the [[Ohio River]], the [[St. Lawrence River]], the [[Great Lakes]], and the Canadian Interior Basin.
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[[Category:Molluscs of the United States]] [[Category:Molluscs of Canada]] [[Category:Potamilus|alatus]] [[Category:Bivalves described in 1817]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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