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[Federal Register: May 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 90)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native
Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or
Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual
Description of Progress on Listing Actions
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of review.
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Elongate mud meadows springsnail (Pyrgulopsis notidicola)--The
following summary is based on information contained in our files. No
new information was provided in the petition received on May 11, 2004.
Pyrgulopsis notidicola is endemic to Soldier Meadow, which is located
at the northern extreme of the western arm of the Black Rock Desert, in
the transition zone between the Basin and Range Physiographic Province
and the Columbia Plateau Province, Humboldt County, Nevada. The type
locality, and the only known location of the species, occurs in a
stretch of thermal (between 45[deg] Celsius (C) (113[deg] Fahrenheit
(F)) and 32[deg] C (90[deg] F)) aquatic habitat that is approximately
300 m (984 ft) long and 2 m (6.7 ft) wide. Pyrgulopsis notidicola
occurs only in shallow, flowing water on gravel substrate. The species
does not occur in deep water (i.e., impoundments) where water velocity
is low, gravel substrate is absent, and sediment levels are high. The
present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its
habitat or range by recreational bathers in the thermal waters is the
greatest threat to the species. The small size of their habitat and
their limited range makes them highly susceptible to any factors that
negatively impact their habitat. Regulatory mechanisms are beginning to
be put in place, but few actions have been implemented to date. Based
on imminent threats of high magnitude, we retain a listing priority
number of 2 for this species.