Aphaostracon pycnum

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Aphaostracon pycnum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Aphaostracon
Species:
A. pycnum
Binomial name
Aphaostracon pycnum
F.G. Thompson, 1968
Synonyms

A. pycnusF.G. Thompson, 1968 [2]

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. [3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Alexander Springs [4] and Silver Glen Springs [5] in Florida.

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References

  1. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Aphaostracon pycnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T1858A1780266. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T1858A1780266.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "Molluscabase - Aphaostracon F. G. Thompson, 1968". molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. 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
  4. 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. doi:10.2307/2424786. ISSN   0003-0031. JSTOR   2424786.
  5. Mattson, Robert A. (2011). "Chapter 11. Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Appendix 11. A Description of Benthic Communities in the St Johns River Mainstream" (PDF). St Johns River Water Management District. Retrieved June 11, 2023.