Federally Threatened and Endangered
Invertebrates found in Georgia

Listed Plants	Georgia Range	Habitat	Threats
Threatened Species - likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future
Purple bankclimber Elliptoideus sloatianus	Chattahoochee, Flint, and Ochlockonee Rivers MAP	Rivers and streams; usually found in moderate currents over sand, sand mixed with mud, or gravel substrates, swept free of silt by the current.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Fine-lined pocketbook Hamiota altilis 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga, Conasauga, Coosa, Etowah Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. High quality, free-flowing rivers and creeks; usually found in stable substrates of sand, gravel, and cobble in flowing currents.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Alabama moccasinshell Medionidus acutissimus	Chattooga, Conasuaga, Coosa, Etowah Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. Streams and small rivers; usually found in gravel and cobble substrate of shoals in moderate to fast-flowing velocities.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Endangered Species - A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Fat three-ridge Amblema neislerii	Flint River MAP	Endemic to ACF basin. Main channels of Flint River; usually found in substrates ranging from gravel to a rocky rubble mixture of sand and sandy mud to a mixture of sand, sandy/clay substrates in slow to moderate currents.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Upland combshell Epioblasma metastriata 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga, Conasauga, Etowah, Oostanaula Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. High quality, free-flowing rivers and large creeks; usually found in stable gravel-cobble substrate of shoals in medium to fast current velocities.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Southern acornshell Epioblasma othcaloogensis 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga, Conasuaga, Oostanaula Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. High quality upland streams or rivers; usually found in stable substrates of sand, gravel, and cobble in flowing shoal areas.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Shiny-rayed pocketbook Hamiota subangulata	Chattahoochee, Flint, and Ochlockonee Rivers MAP	Rivers and streams; usually found in sand, sand mixed with mud, or gravel substrates in moderate currents.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Coosa moccasinshell Medionidus parvulus 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga and Conasuaga Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. High quality streams and small rivers; usually found in stable gravel and cobble substrates in flowing shoals.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Gulf moccasinshell Medionidus penicillatus	Chattahoochee, Flint, and Ochlockonee Rivers MAP	Medium streams to large rivers; usually found in areas with slight to moderate current over sand and gravel substrates; may be associated with muddy sand substrates around tree roots.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Ochlockonee moccasinshell Medionidus simpsonianus	Ochlockonee River; Grady and Thomas Counties MAP	Medium streams to large rivers; usually found in areas with slight to moderate current over sand and gravel substrates; may be associated with muddy sand substrates around tree roots.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Southern clubshell Pleurobema decisum 2000 Recovery Plan	Conasauga, Coosa, Coosawattee, Etowah, Oostanaula Rivers MAP	Tachytictic. Rivers and large streams with a moderately high gradient; usually found in cobble, gravel, and sand substrates in shoals and runs.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Southern pigtoe Pleurobema georgianum 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga, Conasauga, Oostanaula Rivers MAP	Tachytictic. High quality rivers and large streams; usually found in cobble, gravel, and sand substrates in shoals and runs.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Oval pigtoe Pleurobema pyriforme	Chattahoochee, Flint, and Ochlockonee Rivers MAP	Endemic to ACF basin. River tributaries and main channels; usually found in slow to moderate currents over silty sand, muddy sand, sand, and gravel substrates.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation
Triangular kidneyshell Ptychobranchus greeni 2000 Recovery Plan	Chattooga, Coosa, Etowah Rivers MAP	Bradytictic. High quality rivers and large streams; usually found in shoals and riffles with rapid current.	Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation

Other listed species' recovery plans are available here.

Recovery Plans on these pages are available as .PDF files. PDF files can be downloaded and read using free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Bradytictic = spawning takes place in summer; glochidia overwinter in females and are expelled the following spring.

Tachytictic = spawning takes place in spring, and glochidia are expelled during summer.

In addition, the state of Georgia has a list of 471 animal "species of concern".