12-22-2016

Epioblasma obliquata obliquata

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Detailed information

Full Name: purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)

Where found: U.S.A. (AL;The free-flowing reach of the Tennessee R. from the base of Wilson Dam downstream to the backwaters of Pickwick Reservoir [about 12 RM (19 km)] and the lower 5 RM [8 km] of all tributaries to this reach in Colbert and Lauderdale Cos., see 17.85(a))

Critical Habitat:N/A

Species Group:Clams

Current listing status

Status	Date Listed	Lead Region	Where Listed
Endangered	07/10/1990	Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region (Region 3)	Wherever found; Except where listed as Experimental Populations
Experimental Population, Non-Essential	06/14/2001	Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region (Region 3)	U.S.A. (AL;The free-flowing reach of the Tennessee R. from the base of Wilson Dam downstream to the backwaters of Pickwick Reservoir [about 12 RM (19 km)] and the lower 5 RM [8 km] of all tributaries to this reach in Colbert and Lauderdale Cos., see 17.85(a))

Population location: Wherever found; Except where listed as Experimental Populations

Listing status: Endangered
- States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Kentucky , Ohio
- US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Population location: U.S.A. (AL;The free-flowing reach of the Tennessee R. from the base of Wilson Dam downstream to the backwaters of Pickwick Reservoir [about 12 RM (19 km)] and the lower 5 RM [8 km] of all tributaries to this reach in Colbert and Lauderdale Cos., see 17.85(a))

Listing status: Experimental Population, Non-Essential
- States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Alabama , Illinois , Kentucky , Ohio
- US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All

Federal register documents

Date	Citation Page	Title
07/08/2014	79 FR 38560 38562	Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of Nine Listed Animal and Two Listed Plant Species
03/18/2009	74 FR 11600 11602	Notice of initiation of review; request for information on nine listed Midwestern species
08/21/2001	66 FR 43808 43809	ETWP; Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for 16 Freshwater Mussels and 1 Freshwater Snail (Anthony's Riversnail) in the Free-Flowing Reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, AL; Correction
06/14/2001	66 FR 32250 32264	ETWP; Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for 16 Freshwater Mussels and 1 Freshwater Snail (Anthony's Riversnail) in the Free-Flowing Reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, AL
05/27/1999	64 FR 28779 28791	ETWP; Proposed Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for Sixteen Freshwater Mussels (Alabama
07/10/1990	55 FR 28209 28213	ETWP; Purple Cat's Paw Pearly mussel Determined to be an Endangered Species; 55 FR 28209 28213
07/27/1989	54 FR 31209 31212	ETWP; Proposal to List Purple Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel as an Endangered Species; 54 FR 31209 31212

Recovery

No critical habitat rules have been published for the purple cat's paw.

Date	Title	Plan Action Status	Plan Status
03/10/1992	Purple Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel	View Implementation Progress	Final

Date	Citation Page	Title
06/14/2001	66 FR 32250 32264	ETWP; Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for 16 Freshwater Mussels and 1 Freshwater Snail (Anthony's Riversnail) in the Free-Flowing Reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, AL
05/27/1999	64 FR 28779 28791	ETWP; Proposed Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for Sixteen Freshwater Mussels (Alabama

Date	Title	Plan Action Status	Plan Status
03/10/1992	Purple Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel	View Implementation Progress	Final

Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
07/08/2014	79 FR 38560 38562	Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of Nine Listed Animal and Two Listed Plant Species	Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
03/18/2009	74 FR 11600 11602	Notice of initiation of review; request for information on nine listed Midwestern species	Notice 5-year Review, Initiation