Aphaostracon monas | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cochliopidae |
Genus: | Aphaostracon |
Species: | A. monas
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Binomial name | |
Aphaostracon monas (
Pilsbry, 1899)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Wekiwa hydrobe or Wekiwa springs aphaostracon, scientific name Aphaostracon monas, is a species of small freshwater snail, and aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae. [2]
This species is endemic to the Wekiwa Springs State Park in Florida; for which it is named. [3] The continued existence of this species is threatened by habitat loss.