Ascetoaxinus
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| Ascetoaxinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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
