Ascetoaxinus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Thyasiridae.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 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.PDF of Zootaxa article
The genus consists of the following species: Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis Oliver and Frey, 2014 Ascetoaxinus ovoidea (Dall, 1890), formerly known as Cryptodon ovoideus Dall, 1890
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External links Images of Ascetoaxinus quatsinoensis here and here