Sheepnose Mussel
Plethobasus cyphyus · Wherever found · ECOS entity 7816
In plain words
Federal ESA status Endangered
The Sheepnose Mussel is listed as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives. under the federal Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act: The federal law from 1973 that protects listed animals and plants.. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule, published on April 27, 2026. The next date that matters is January 3, 2030: the statutory datestatutory date: The date the law sets for a step. for the 5-year review notice. Preliminary: AI software read the record this date counts from. AI (Claude) checked a sample of the dates; no person has verified them.
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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.
| Step | Statutory date | Workplan or court-ordered date | Published (Federal Register) |
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| Proposed critical habitat ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. | None set | Not in the workplan |
Proposed critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024.
FR 2024-28316
Comments accepted until February 11, 2025.
FR 2024-28316
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| Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule | None set |
Planned for fiscal year 2026 in the National Listing Workplan of July 28, 2026.
Workplan row 37
Marked court-ordered, date not stated (National Listing Workplan, version 2026-07-28).
Workplan row 37
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Final critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register on April 27, 2026.
FR 2026-08146
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| 5-year review notice |
Statutory date April 12, 2017 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A); counted from the ECOS listing date). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet.
16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years".
16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Recurs every 5 years (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)); this cycle counts from the final listing rule or 5-year review of January 3, 2025.
16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statutory date January 3, 2030 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)). No 5-year review notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026.
Preliminary: AI software read the record this date counts from. AI (Claude) checked a sample of the dates; no person has verified them.
16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years".
16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
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Not in the workplan |
5-year review notice published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2025.
FR 2024-31552
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Identifiers and sources
- This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/7816- ECOS
- Species profile 6903
- Federal Register
- 2024-28316 (December 13, 2024)
- 2024-31552 (January 3, 2025)
- 2026-08146 (April 27, 2026)
- Regulations.gov
- Range states
- AL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, MS, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, WV