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Potamilus amphichaenus

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

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

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.