Aphaostracon asthenes
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]
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| Aphaostracon asthenes F. G. Thompson, 1968 | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- 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
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Aphaostracon asthenes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.
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