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]
| Aphaostracon pycnum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Aphaostracon |
| Species: | A. pycnum
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphaostracon pycnum F.G. Thompson, 1968
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| Synonyms | |
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A. pycnus F.G. Thompson, 1968[2] | |
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to Alexander Springs[4] and Silver Glen Springs[5] in Florida.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Aphaostracon F. G. Thompson, 1968". molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.