| Axinactis inaequalis | |
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| A view of a valve of Axinactis inaequalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Glycymerididae |
| Genus: | Axinactis |
| Species: | A. inaequalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Axinactis inaequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) | |
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Axinactis inaequalis is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae. [1]
Shells of Axinactis inaequalis can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in), a height of about 44 millimetres (1.7 in) and a diameter of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Color may be white or pale brown, usually with transverse zigzag brown bands. These shells are inequilateral, with large ribs. [2]
This species can be found from the Gulf of California to Northern Peru, Panama, and Ecuador. [2]
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