Potamilus amphichaenus

Potamilus amphichaenus, the Texas heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) were confirmed as the host fish species for the glochidia reproductive stage of the Texas Heelsplitter.^[2]

Potamilus amphichaenus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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.

See also

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Texas Heelsplitter
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System, Texas heelsplitter (Potamilus amphichaenus)