Species Profile for Southern clubshell(Pleurobema decisum)

Southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum)

Taxonomy:

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Listing Status: Endangered

Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information

The southern clubshell is a medium sized mussel with lengths up to 93 mm long (Williams et al. 2008), with a thick shell, and heavy hinge plate and teeth. The shell outline is roughly rectangular, produced posteriorly with the umbos usually terminal to the anterior margin. The posterior ridge is moderately inflated and ends abruptly with little development of the posterior slope at the dorsum of the shell. The periostracum is yellow to yellow-brown with occasional green rays or spots on the umbo in young specimens (68 FR 14752).

The species historical range included Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee. See below for information about where the species is known or believed to occur.

Current Listing Status Summary

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Status	Date Listed	Lead Region	Where Listed
Endangered	03-17-1993	Southeast Region (Region 4)	Wherever found

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» Range Information

Current Range

Last Updated: 01-23-2025 - Wherever found

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Wherever found
Listing status: Endangered

States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All

USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:

State	County
Alabama	Bibb
Alabama	Blount
Alabama	Bullock
Alabama	Butler
Alabama	Calhoun
Alabama	Cherokee
Alabama	Chilton
Alabama	Choctaw
Alabama	Clay
Alabama	Cleburne
Alabama	Conecuh
Alabama	Coosa
Alabama	Crenshaw
Alabama	Dallas
Alabama	Elmore
Alabama	Etowah
Alabama	Fayette
Alabama	Franklin
Alabama	Greene
Alabama	Jefferson
Alabama	Lamar
Alabama	Lee
Alabama	Lowndes
Alabama	Macon
Alabama	Marion
Alabama	Monroe
Alabama	Montgomery
Alabama	Perry
Alabama	Pickens
Alabama	Russell
Alabama	Shelby
Alabama	St. Clair
Alabama	Sumter
Alabama	Talladega
Alabama	Tallapoosa
Alabama	Tuscaloosa
Alabama	Walker
Alabama	Washington
Alabama	Wilcox
Alabama	Winston
Georgia	Bartow
Georgia	Chattooga
Georgia	Cherokee
Georgia	Fannin
Georgia	Floyd
Georgia	Gilmer
Georgia	Gordon
Georgia	Haralson
Georgia	Murray
Georgia	Pickens
Georgia	Polk
Georgia	Walker
Georgia	Whitfield
Mississippi	Clay
Mississippi	Itawamba
Mississippi	Kemper
Mississippi	Lowndes
Mississippi	Monroe
Mississippi	Noxubee
Tennessee	Bradley
Tennessee	Polk

» Candidate Information

No Candidate information available for this species.

No Candidate Assessments available for this species.

No Candidate Notice of Review Documents currently available for this species.

No Uplisting Documents currently available for this species.

» Federal Register Documents

Federal Register Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title
05/11/2023	88 FR 30324 30328	Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 67 Southeastern Species
06/27/2019	84 FR 30764 30768	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 29 Draft Recovery Plan Revisions for 43 Species in the Pacific, Southwest, and Southeast Regions of the United States
09/23/2014	79 FR 56821 56823	5-Year Status Reviews of 27 Southeastern Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information
06/14/2005	70 FR 34492 34494	Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 25 Southeastern Species
07/01/2004	69 FR 40084 40171	Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin Mussels in Mobile River Basin, AL
03/26/2003	68 FR 14752 14832	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin; Proposed Rule
06/29/1998	63 FR 35277 35278	Notice a Availability of a Revised Draft Recovery Plan for the Mobile River Basin Aquatic Ecosystem for Review and Comment
03/17/1993	58 FR 14330 14340	Endangered Status for Eight Freshwater Mussels and Threatened Status for Three Freshwater Mussels in the Mobil River Drainage
11/19/1991	56 FR 58339 58348	ETWP; Proposed Endangered Status for Eight Freshwater Mussels and Proposed Threatened Status for Three Freshwater Mussels in the Mobile River Drainage; 56 FR 58339 58348

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» Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

No Species Status Assessments (SSA's) are currently available for this species.

Special Rule Publications

No Special Rule Publications currently available for this species.

» Recovery

Species with Recovery Documents Data Explorer
Recovery Priority Number: 8

Current Recovery Plan(s)

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Date	Plan Stage	Recovery Plan	Implementation Status	SSAs/Biological Reports	Recovery Implementation Strategies
09/27/2019	Final	Southern_Clubshell Recovery Plan Amendment	View Implementation Progress
11/17/2000	Final	Recovery Plan for the Mobile River Basin (15 species)	View Implementation Progress

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
05/11/2023	88 FR 30324 30328	Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 67 Southeastern Species	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
06/27/2019	84 FR 30764 30768	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 29 Draft Recovery Plan Revisions for 43 Species in the Pacific, Southwest, and Southeast Regions of the United States	Recovery Plan Draft, Document Availability (non-FR)
09/23/2014	79 FR 56821 56823	5-Year Status Reviews of 27 Southeastern Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
06/14/2005	70 FR 34492 34494	Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 25 Southeastern Species	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
06/29/1998	63 FR 35277 35278	Notice a Availability of a Revised Draft Recovery Plan for the Mobile River Basin Aquatic Ecosystem for Review and Comment	Recovery Plan Draft, Document Availability (non-FR)

Date	Title
09/23/2019	Southern clubshell(Pleurobema decisum) 5-Year Review
04/07/2008	Southern clubshell(Pleurobema decisum) 5-Year Review

» Critical Habitat

Critical Habitat Spatial Extents

Population(s)

Wherever found

Critical Habitat Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Critical Habitat Shapefile	Document Type
07/01/2004	69 FR 40084 40171	Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin Mussels in Mobile River Basin, AL	Download	Final

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» Conservation Plans

Safe Harbor Agreements (SHA): (learn more)

SHA Plan Summaries
Chewacla Creek SHA

» Petitions

No Petitions currently available for this species.

» Biological Opinions

To see all FWS Issued Biological Opinions please visit the BO Report.

» Life History

Movement / Home Range

Reproductive Strategy

Gravid southern clubshell females with mature glochidia have been collected in June and July. Glochidia are released in well formed conglutinates orange or white in coloration (Haag and Warren 2001). Blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta), Alabama shiner (C. callistia), and tricolor shiner (C. trichroistia) have been identified as fish host (Haag and Warren 2001, P. Johnson pers. comm. 2002). However, a small host trial by the AABC in 2010 showed the blacktail shiner to be poor hosts (Johnson 2018).

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