Potamilus amphichaenus

Potamilus amphichaenus, the Texas heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Potamilus amphichaenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potamilus
Species:
P. amphichaenus
Binomial name
Potamilus amphichaenus
(Frierson, 1898)

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Potamilus amphichaenus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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