# Potamilus alatus

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Species of bivalve

Potamilus alatus Museum specimen Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Secure (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Genus: Potamilus Species: P. alatus Binomial name Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

***Potamilus alatus***, the **pink heelsplitter**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [freshwater mussel](/source/Freshwater_mussel), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), commonly known as the river mussels.

This species is native to eastern [North America](/source/North_America). It is found in the drainages of the [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River), the [St. Lawrence River](/source/St._Lawrence_River), the [Great Lakes](/source/Great_Lakes), and the Canadian Interior Basin.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-0)** Bogan, A.E.; Woolnough, D. (2017). ["*Potamilus alatus*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18093/62905557). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2017** e.T18093A62905557. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18093A62905557.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18093A62905557.en). Retrieved 17 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Potamilus alatus*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.115707/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 December 2025.

Taxon identifiers Potamilus alatus Wikidata: Q3013484 BOLD: 32525 CoL: 4M3D2 EoL: 452130 GBIF: 2287985 iNaturalist: 110197 IRMNG: 10902554 ISC: 110554 ITIS: 80282 IUCN: 18093 NAS: 2241 NatureServe: 2.115707 NCBI: 81573 Open Tree of Life: 732215 WoRMS: 857376 Unio alatus Wikidata: Q109546290 CoL: 7DJBT ITIS: 986091

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