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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. 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.
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. PMID 25283930. 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.
External links
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