Aphaostracon asthenes

The Blue Spring aphaostracon or Blue Spring hydrobe, scientific name Aphaostracon asthenes, is a species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[2]

Aphaostracon asthenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Cochliopidae
Genus:
Aphaostracon
Species:
A. asthenes
Binomial name
Aphaostracon asthenes
F. G. Thompson, 1968

Distribution

This species is endemic to Blue Spring in Florida.

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Aphaostracon asthenes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1854A8403747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1854A8403747.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Aphaostracon asthenes F. G. Thompson, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729792 on 2014-11-16
  • Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.


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