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Potamilus capax
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Potamilus
Species:	P. capax
Binomial name
Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Potamilus capax, the fat pocketbook pearly mussel or fat pocketbook, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Cummings, K. (2012). "Potamilus capax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18091A1677819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18091A1677819.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. "Potamilus capax". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

External links

• Fish and Wildlife Service
• EPA: Pesticides Endangered Species Protection Program

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