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FWS Lists Freshwater Mussel as Endangered

The Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule listing the Texas hornshell (Popenaias popeii), a freshwater mussel species from New Mexico, Texas and Mexico, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect March 12.

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(Federal Register 02/09/18)