CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Bivalvia (class)  »  Veneroida (order)  »  Mactridae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 345904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mactra spp.
CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups
Family:	Mactridae (clams) - show full list
Common Name:	[a clam]
Recent Synonyms:	Mactra (Maorimactra) spp. Mactra (Colorimactra) spp. Mactra (Nannomactra) spp.
Organism Type:	a clam
Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Parent Codes:	23 345000     Mactridae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	23 345006     Mactra abbreviata 23 345013     Mactra achatina 23 345011     Mactra alta 23 345015     Mactra artensis 23 345010     Mactra australis 23 345019     Mactra cordiformis 23 345023     Mactra cumingii 23 345017     Mactra cuneata 23 345014     Mactra deshayesi 23 345016     Mactra dissimilis 23 345020     Mactra eximia 23 345025     Mactra grandis 23 345022     Mactra incarnata 23 345042     Mactra iridescens 23 345028     Mactra jacksonensis 23 345024     Mactra luzonica 23 345012     Mactra maculata 23 345044     Mactra mitis 23 345045     Mactra ordinaria 23 345009     Mactra pura 23 345027     Mactra pusilla 23 345007     Mactra queenslandica 23 345021     Mactra sericea 23 345008     Mactra westralis 99 230174     Mactra sp. 1
Identifiers:	Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a08a297b-47ea-43c0-8ab2-f44649567a8d    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.