Talk:Aphaostracon

Endemic Species
Hello! I am new to the world of Wikipedia. I was just curious if there were any known reasons as to why this genus of freshwater snail is only found in very particular places in Florida? Does it have something to do with specific favorable environmental conditions or perhaps low opportunities for genetic exchange? Vertebrates.for.Invertebrates (talk) 07:47, 18 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't recall seeing any sources that address those issues for Aphaostracon, but the article for Floridobia, another genus of very small snails with most species endemic to a single spring in Florida, does discuss the very limited environmental niche in which they are found. As most of the species are limited to small, widely scattered locations, genetic isolation probably does play a role in the observed speciation. Donald Albury 16:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)