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The genome sequence of a mollusc, Azorinus chamasolen (da Costa, 1778)
Chris Fletcher1, Crispin Little2,
1Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.
Wellcome Open Research
|October 13, 2025
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of the mollusc, Azorinus chamasolen (Mollusca; Bivalvia; Cardiida; Solecurtidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,723.50 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.33%) is scaffolded into 19 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 17.14 kilobases in length.
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