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arkansia wheeleri
12-22-2016

Arkansia wheeleri

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Arkansia is a monotypic genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. The sole species in the genus is Arkansia wheeleri. Its common names are the Ouachita rock pocketbook and Wheeler’s pearly mussel. The genus was named for the state of Arkansas, where the mussel was first discovered. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. The Ouachita Rock Pocketbook occurs in the Kiamichi River in southeastern Oklahoma, the Little River in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas Cumulative recovery of sloughed (unmetamorphosed) glochidia from two groups of largemouth bass inoculated with Arkansia wheeleri glochidia on gills or fins.

Detailed information
Full Name: Ouachita Rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Clams
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 10/23/1991 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Ouachita Rock pocketbook, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Arkansas , Oklahoma
  • US Counties in which the Ouachita Rock pocketbook, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Ouachita Rock pocketbook, Wherever found is known to occur: Little River National Wildlife Refuge, Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Ouachita Rock pocketbook.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
03/30/2004 Ouachita Rock Pocketbook View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
03/30/2004 Ouachita Rock Pocketbook View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/23/2007 72 FR 20134 20136 5-Year Reviews of 24 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
06/02/2004 69 FR 31129 Notice of Availability of a Final Recovery Plan for the Ouachita Rock Pocketbook
  • Notice Final Recovery Plan Availability
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