Aphaostracon asthenes explained

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.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Blue Spring in Florida.

References

• Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.

Notes and References

1. 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