''Asaphis deflorata'' is a species of

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

belonging to the family

Psammobiidae The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species: *'' Asaphis'' Modeer, 1793 *'' Gari'' Sch ...

. The species is found in Central America,

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

References

Psammobiidae Bivalves described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Bivalve-stub