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inflated heelsplitter

Potamilus inflatus

Classification

Family
Unionidae

Potamilus inflatus, the inflated heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was called by the common name Alabama heelsplitter in the standard reference, Turgeon, 1998. Because another species Lasmigona alabamensis was also given that same name in that publication, this duplication of name caused some confusion.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 12