Aphaostracon xynoelictum

Aphaostracon xynoelictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

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

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