Higgins eye pearlymussels.
Photo by USFWS
Freshwater Mussels in the Upper Midwest
Endangered and Threatened
Clubshell(Pleurobema clava)
Status: Endangered
Clubshell Home
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
Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Fact sheet
Species'
Profile linked to National USFWS Endangered Species website
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
Fact sheet
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
Fact sheet
Higgins
eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
Status: Endangered listed
June 14, 1976
Higgins eye pearlymussel web page
Neosho
mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
Status: Endangered
Neosho Mucket Home
Northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Status: Endangered
Northern riffleshell web page
Orange-footed
pearlymussel (=pimple back) (Plethobasus cooperianus (p.
striatus))
Status: Endangered: listed
June 14, 1976
Fact sheet
Pink
mucket (Lampsilis orbiculata (=l. abrupta))
Status: Endangered, listed
June 14, 1976
Fact sheet
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
Rabbitsfoot Midwest webpage
Rayed Bean (Villosa fabalis)
Status: Endangered
Rayed Bean webpage
Ring
pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Status: Endangered
Fact sheet
Rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)
Status: Endangered, listed
June 14, 1976
Fact sheet
Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Status: Endangered, listed
October 9, 2001
Scaleshell Home
Sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus)
Status: Endangered
Sheepnose webpage
Snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra)
Status: Endangered
Snuffbox webpage
Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta)
Status: Endangered
Spectaclecase Home
Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Status: Endangered
Extirpated from the Upper Midwest
Fact sheet
White
cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)
Status: Endangered
Fact sheet
Recovery
• White Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel 5-Year Review (14-page PDF) - December 2009
• Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties,
Indiana – ($45,000*)
White
wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Status: Endangered
Fact sheet
Winged
maple leaf (Quadrula fragosa)
Status: Endangered, listed
June 20, 1991
Winged Mapleleaf Home
USFWS Midwest Endangered Species Home
