Channelaxinus Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012

Oliver, P. Graham, 2015, Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism, Zootaxa 3995 (1), pp. 252-263 : 257

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.21
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D5CD052-9754-493C-836D-6A69756747D9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098577
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scientific name	Channelaxinus Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012
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Channelaxinus Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012 in Coan & Scott 2012

Type species. Channelaxinus oliveri Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012 in Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Diagnosis (after Oliver & Frey 2014). Moderate to large shells. Polygonal, higher than long. Beaks small, pointed, strongly prosogyrous. Anterior margin sloping long with a deeply impressed lunule, filling much of the anterior area. Posterior sulcus prominent and deep; submarginal sulcus well developed, very narrow to prominent. Median slope flattened, bounded by low ridges. Sculpture of commarginal striae. Hinge edentulous. Ligament long, narrow, sunken.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
SubClass	Heterodonta
Order	Lucinoida
SuperFamily	Thyasiroidea
Family	Thyasiridae

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