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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Veneroida (order) » Mactridae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 23 345904 |
| 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. | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | ||
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| Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |