Aphaostracon asthenes

Aphaostracon asthenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Aphaostracon
Species:
A. asthenes
Binomial name
Aphaostracon asthenes
F. G. Thompson, 1968

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

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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