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Ascetoaxinus
Genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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