Aphaostracon xynoelictum
Aphaostracon xynoelictum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Cochliopidae |
Genus: | Aphaostracon |
Species: | A. xynoelictum |
Binomial name | |
Aphaostracon xynoelictum F.G. Thompson, 1968 | |
The Fenney Spring hydrobe. scientific name Aphaostracon xynoelictum, is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Aphaostracon xynoelictum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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