Potamilus alatus

Potamilus alatus, the pink heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, commonly known as the river mussels.

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

This species is native to eastern North America. It is found in the drainages of the Ohio River, the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Canadian Interior Basin.