Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Axinactis inaequalis
Bivalvo, Bivalve
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Arcida
Superfamily
Arcoidea
Family
Glycymerididae
Genus
Axinactis
Species
inaequalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pectunculus assimilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833, Pectunculus inaequalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (Horton et al., 2021) ; Glycymeris inaequalis (Sowerby, 1832) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021).
Origin: Native
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Axinactis inaequalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19865. Accessed 4 November 2026.