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Common Name: pink heelsplitter
Taxonomy: available through 
Size: can reach 160 mm
Native Range:
Mississippi River drainage north of
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Lake and the Hudson River in New York.
Means of Introduction:
May have been introduced via the
Status:
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Found in varying sizes and speeds of rivers and lakes with sand to coarse gravel bottoms. Spawns in August and releases glochidia the following July; possible host fish is the freshwater drum.
References
Author: Amy Benson
Revision Date: 4/21/2004 Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Potamilus alatus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2241> Revision Date: 4/21/2004
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