Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Psammobiidae family, order Cardiida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asaphis deflorata is a species with a 40–70 mm shell, found in multiple warm regions across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Family
Genus
Asaphis
Order
Cardiida
Class
Bivalvia

About Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

This species, scientifically named Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758), has a shell that reaches between 40 mm and 70 mm in size, which is equivalent to 1.6 to 2.8 inches. This species is distributed across South-Eastern Florida, Central America, the Red Sea, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Photo: (c) Kristin A. Bakkegard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kristin A. Bakkegard · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Cardiida Psammobiidae Asaphis

More from Psammobiidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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