Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Family: | Thyasiridae |
Genus: | Ascetoaxinus |
Species: | A. quatsinoensis
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Binomial name | |
Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis Oliver and Frey, 2014
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Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis is a species of saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. [1] The shell of this species is unusual in that it has a lunule with scalloped edges.
The species was first described by Graham Oliver of the National Museum of Wales and Melissa Frey, curator of invertebrates at the Royal BC Museum. [2] [3] [4]
The type specimen acquired by the Royal BC Museum was collected from Quatsino Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. [2]
Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Family: | Thyasiridae |
Genus: | Ascetoaxinus |
Species: | A. quatsinoensis
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Binomial name | |
Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis Oliver and Frey, 2014
|
Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis is a species of saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. [1] The shell of this species is unusual in that it has a lunule with scalloped edges.
The species was first described by Graham Oliver of the National Museum of Wales and Melissa Frey, curator of invertebrates at the Royal BC Museum. [2] [3] [4]
The type specimen acquired by the Royal BC Museum was collected from Quatsino Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. [2]