Potamilus amphichaenus

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bogan, A.E. |date=1996 |title=''Potamilus amphichaenus'' |volume=1996 |article-number=e.T18094A7655762 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18094A7655762.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G2 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.115372 |title=''Potamilus amphichaenus'' |access-date=30 December 2025}}</ref> | genus = Potamilus | species = amphichaenus | authority = (Frierson, 1898) | synonyms = }}

'''''Potamilus amphichaenus''''', the '''Texas heelsplitter''', is a [[species]] of [[freshwater mussel]], an [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels. [[Freshwater Drum|Freshwater drum]] (''Aplodinotus grunniens'') were confirmed as the host fish species for the [[glochidia]] reproductive stage of the Texas heelsplitter.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bosman |first1=Ben |last2=Christie |first2=Barrett |last3=Kahn |first3=Jennifer M. |last4=Hart |first4=Michael |last5=Randklev |first5=Charles |date=Dec 2015 |title=Host confirmed for ''Potamilus amphichaenus'' and ''Potamilus metnecktayi'' |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285581533 |journal=Ellipsaria |volume=17 |issue=4 |page=15 |doi= |pmc= |pmid= |access-date=25 Apr 2023 }}</ref>

This species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[United States]].

==See also== *[https://www.fws.gov/species/texas-heelsplitter-potamilus-amphichaenus U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Texas Heelsplitter] *[https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/299 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System, Texas heelsplitter (''Potamilus amphichaenus'')]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Molluscs of the United States]] [[Category:Potamilus|amphichaenus]] [[Category:Bivalves described in 1898]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]