Aphaostracon


Aphaostracon is a genus of very small or minute freshwater snails in the family Cochliopidae that have an operculum.
Aphaostracon species are endemic to restricted areas in Florida, often to a single spring or spring run.

Species

This genus includes the following species:
SpeciesCommon nameRange
Aphaostracon asthenes
Blue Spring hydrobeBlue Spring
Aphaostracon chalarogyrum
freemouth hydrobeMagnesia Springs
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Aphaostracon hypohyalinum

Suwannee hydrobeSuwannee, Santa Fe, and
Waccasassa rivers
Aphaostracon monas
Wekiwa hydrobeWekiwa Springs
Aphaostracon pachynotum

thick-shelled hydrobeupper half of St. Johns River
Aphaostracon pycnum

dense hydrobeAlexander Springs,
Silver Glen Springs
Aphaostracon rhadinum
slough hydrobetributaries of lower
St. Johns River
Aphaostracon theiocrenetum

Clifton Spring hydrobeClifton Springs
Aphaostracon xynoelictum
Fenney Spring hydrobeFenney Spring, in Sumter County

One or more additional Aphaostracon species have been reported from springs in Florida, including Bugg Spring, De Leon Springs, and Green Springs. The snails from the three springs have not described in an authoritative publication, and it is not known if they belong to one, two, or three species.