Overview
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Aphaostracon is a genus of very small or minute freshwater and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.
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This genus includes the following species:
- Blue spring aphaostracon, Aphaostracon asthenes
- Wekiwa hydrobe, Aphaostracon monas
- Dense hydrobe, Aphaostracon pycnum
- Fenney spring hydrobe, Aphaostracon xynoelictum
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This genus includes the following species:
- Blue spring aphaostracon, Aphaostracon asthenes
- Wekiwa hydrobe, Aphaostracon monas
- Dense hydrobe, Aphaostracon pycnum
- Fenney spring hydrobe, Aphaostracon xy noelictum
References
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Aphaostracon is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in the Genus Aphaostracon: A. asthenes (Blue Spring Aphaostracon) · A. chalarogyrus (Freemouth Hydrobe Snail) · A. hypohyalina · A. hypohyalinum (Suwanee Hydrobe) · A. monas (Wekiwa Springs Aphaostracon) · A. pachynotum (Thick-Shell Hydrobe) · A. pycnum (Dense Hydrobe) · A. pycnus (Dense Hydrobe) · A. rhadinum (Slough Hydrobe) · A. theiocrenetum (Clifton Spring Hydrobe) · A. theiocrenetus · A. xynoelictum (Fenney Spring Hydrobe) · A. xynoelictus (Fenney Spring Hydrobe)
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