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12-22-2016

Obovaria retusa

Obovaria retusa NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network. Obovaria retusa is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common names include golf stick pearly mussel and ring pink. It is native to parts of the eastern and southeastern United States, but it remains in very little of its original range. There may be no viable populations left.

ITIS Reports — Obovaria retusa ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

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. Linked life history provided courtesy of NatureServe Explorer. Records may include both recent and historical observations. This mussel was native to AlabamaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyOhioPennsylvaniaTennessee, and West Virginia. By 1991 it was thought that there were about five populations remaining in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. It is now thought to be extirpated from West Virginia, as the population there was a misidentification. Only a few specimens of the species have been observed recently. If any viable populations remain, they will be located in the Green River of Kentucky.

Detailed information
Full Name: ring pink (Obovaria retusa)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Clams
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 09/29/1989 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
Experimental Population, Non-Essential 10/15/2007 Southeast Region (Region 4) U.S.A. (TN - specified portions of the French Broad and Holston Rivers; see 17.85(b)(1))
  • Population location: Wherever foundListing status: Endangered
      • States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Alabama , Kentucky , Tennessee
      • US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Population location: U.S.A. (TN - specified portions of the French Broad and Holston Rivers; see 17.85(b)(1))Listing status: Experimental Population, Non-Essential
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the ring pink.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
03/25/1991 Ring Pink (Mussel) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
03/25/1991 Ring Pink (Mussel) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
07/28/2006 71 FR 42871 42872 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of 19 Southeastern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
08/18/2011 Ring Pink (Obovaria retusa) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation
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