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Pacific asaphis
Asaphis violascens
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 213508, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pacific asaphis
- Scientific
- Asaphis violascens
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A clam with a rounded, ribbed shell, often purple or yellow inside. It lives buried in sand and gravel in the intertidal zone.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=9); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Asaphis-violascens.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213508
- inaturalist.org /taxa/369039
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Asaphis_violacens.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.