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Aphaostracon asthenes

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Species of gastropod

Aphaostracon asthenes
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Aphaostracon asthenes


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