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Axinactis inaequalis
A view of a valve of Axinactis inaequalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Family:	Glycymerididae
Genus:	Axinactis
Species:	A. inaequalis
Binomial name
Axinactis inaequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Synonyms
Pectunculus inaequalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 Pectunculus assimilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Axinactis inaequalis is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae.

Description

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.

Distribution

This species can be found from the Gulf of California to Northern Peru, Panama, and Ecuador.

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Axinactis inaequalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
2. ^ Axel A. Olsson Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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