Axinactis inaequalis (G. B. Sowerby I 1833)

Axinactis inaequalis is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae.^[1]

Axinactis inaequalis

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.^[2]

Distribution

This species can be found from the Gulf of California to Northern Peru, Panama, and Ecuador.^[2]

References

• 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.