US Category 2 candidate mollusk species

[Barry Roth]

In a notice published 5 December 1996 (Federal Register 61:64481-64485),
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed its decision to
discontinue the practice of maintaining a list of "Category 2" candidate
species for endangered or threatened status under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973.  Numerous mollusk species were affected by this decision.

I have posted a list of those mollusk species, together with brief
introductory material, at the following web site:

http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/barryr/cat2.html

The names have been updated in accordance with current molluscan literature.


 Barry Roth                             barryr at ucmp1.berkeley.edu
 Research Associate, Museum of Paleontology
 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94117 USA   (415) 387-8538