Aphaostracon asthenes

Aphaostracon asthenes
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
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.