Frigid ambersnail, mollusk found in Iowa, may need federal protection

The Associated Press

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 29 species may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act:

PLANTS:

-Yellowstone Sand Verbena in Wyoming

-Ross' bentgrass in Wyoming

-Hamilton milkvetch in Colorado and Utah

-Isely milkvetch in Utah

-Skiff milkvetch in Colorado

-Precocious milkvetch in Wyoming

-Cisco milkvetch in Utah

-Schmoll milkvetch in Colorado

-Fremont County rockcress in Wyoming

-Boat-shaped bugseed in Colorado

-Pine springs cryptantha in Arizona, Utah

-Weber whitlowgrass in Colorado

-Brandegee's wild buckwheat in Colorado

-Frisco buckwheat in Utah

-Ostler's peppergrass in Utah

-Lesquerella navajoensis in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah

-Flowers pentemon in Utah

-Gibben's beardtongue in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming

-Pale blue-eyed grass in North Dakota, Oregon, Washington

-Frisco clover in Utah

MOLLUSKS:

-Frigid ambersnail in Iowa

, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin

-Bearmouth mountainsnail in Montana

-Byrne Resort mountainsnail in Montana

-Longitudinal gland pyrg in Nevada, Utah

-Hamlin Valley pyrg in Utah

-Sub-globose snake pyrg in Utah

INSECTS:

-Platte River caddis fly in Nebraska

-Meltwater lednian stonefly in Montana

FISH:

-Northern leatherside chub in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming

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