Aphaostracon pycnum explained

The dense hydrobe, scientific name Aphaostracon pycnum, is a species of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Alexander Springs^[2] and Silver Glen Springs^[3] 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 pycnus F. G. Thompson, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729796 on 2014-11-16
2. Burgess . George H. . Franz . Richard . 1978 . Zoogeography of the Aquatic Fauna of the St. Johns River System with Comments on Adjacent Peninsular Faunas . The American Midland Naturalist . 100 . 1 . 160–170 . 10.2307/2424786 . 2424786 . 0003-0031.
3. Web site: Mattson . Robert A. . 2011 . Chapter 11. Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Appendix 11. A Description of Benthic Communities in the St Johns River Mainstream . June 11, 2023 . St Johns River Water Management District.