# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Rayed Bean and Snuffbox Mussels Throughout Their Ranges
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2012-02-14 · Effective 2012-03-15 · 77 FR 8632
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-2940
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 8632
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2012-02-14
- **Effective date:** 2012-03-15
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2010-0019
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for the rayed bean (Villosa fabalis) and snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra) mussels throughout their ranges, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/14/2012-2940/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-determination-of-endangered-status-for-the-rayed-bean)
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