Aphaostracon pycnum
Species of gastropod
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Aphaostracon |
| Species: | A. pycnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaostracon pycnum F.G. Thompson, 1968 | |
| Synonyms | |
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A. pycnus F.G. Thompson, 1968[2] | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to Alexander Springs[4] and Silver Glen Springs[5] in Florida.