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The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species program is conserving and restoring threatened and endangered species and their ecosystems.
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Higgins eye pearlymussels.
Photo by USFWS
Freshwater Mussels in the Upper Midwest
Endangered and Threatened
About Freshwater Mussels
- Overlooked Gems: The Benefits of Freshwater Mussels in Wings (Fall 2008): Essays on Invertebrate Conservation, a publication of the Xerces Society.
Clubshell(Pleurobema clava)
Status: Endangered
Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)
Status: Endangered:
Listed September 28, 1989 (PDF)
Extirpated from the Upper Midwest
Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisii)
Status: Endangered:
listed
June 14, 1976
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Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
- Fact sheet
Species' Profile linked to National USFWS Endangered Species website
- Fact sheet
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Recovery
- 5 Year Review Initiated September 21, 2006
- Best Management Practices for the Curtis' Pearlymussel (Missouri Department of Conservation) - PDF
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Status: Endangered: listed June 21, 1990
News Release (July 12, 2012): Drought, Heat Take toll on Tippecanoe River's Endangered Wildlife
Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)
Status: Endangered: listed June 14, 1976
Higgins eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
Status: Endangered listed June 14, 1976
Higgins eye pearlymussel web page
Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
Status: Endangered
Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Status: Endangered
Orange-footed pearlymussel
Status: Endangered: listed June 14, 1976
Pink mucket (Lampsilis orbiculata (=l. abrupta))
Status: Endangered, listed June 14, 1976
Life History Information (links goes to FWS National Endangered Species website)
Purple cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Status: Endangered, listed July 10, 1990 (links to a 5-page PDF)
Purple Cat's Paw Pearlymussel Home
Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)
Status: Threatened
Rayed Bean (Villosa fabalis)
Status: Endangered
Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Status: Endangered
Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)
Status: Endangered, listed June 14, 1976
Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Status: Endangered, listed October 9, 2001
Sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus)
Status: Endangered
Snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra)
Status: Endangered
Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta)
Status: Endangered
Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Status: Endangered
Extirpated from the Upper Midwest
White cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)
Status: Endangered
White Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel 5-Year Review (14-page PDF) December 2009
White wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Status: Endangered
Winged maple leaf (Quadrula fragosa)
Status: Endangered, listed June 20, 1991
DRAFT Upper Mississippi River Mussel Sampling Guidelines For Activities Requiring Federal Permits
USFWS Midwest Endangered Species
- What We Do
- Midwest Endangered Species
- Candidate Conservation
- Listing
- Recovery
- Section 7 Consultation
- Permits
- Habitat Conservation Plans
- Grants
- Endangered Species Act
- Glossary
- Listed Plants and Animals
- Featured Species
- All Midwest Listed Species
- State and County Lists
- Species of Concern
- Extinct Species
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