Ascetoaxinus

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Ascetoaxinus
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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:

References

  1. 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
  2. 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: 452–468. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.8 . ISSN   1175-5326. PMID   25283930 . Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. PDF of Zootaxa article
  4. "New clam species found off of B.C.'s coast". CTV News. November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.