Ascetoaxinus
| Ascetoaxinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Family: | Thyasiridae |
| Genus: | Ascetoaxinus Oliver and Frey, 2014 |
Ascetoaxinus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Thyasiridae.[1] The shells of species in this genus have a lunule with a scalloped margin.
The genus was first described in 2014 by Graham Oliver of the National Museum of Wales and Melissa Frey, curator of invertebrates at the Royal British Columbia Museum.[2][3][4]
The genus consists of the following species:
- Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis Oliver and Frey, 2014
- Ascetoaxinus ovoidea (Dall, 1890), formerly known as Cryptodon ovoideus Dall, 1890
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Ascetoaxinus Oliver & Frey, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818830 on 2014-11-30
- ^ Oliver, P. Graham; Frey, Melissa A. (October 2, 2014). "Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis sp. et gen. nov. (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea) from Vancouver Island, with notes on Conchocele Gabb, 1866, and Channelaxinus Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012". Zootaxa. 3869 (4). Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 452. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.8. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ^ PDF of Zootaxa article
- ^ "New clam species found off of B.C.'s coast". CTV News. November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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