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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Scaphopoda (class) » Dentaliida (order) » Dentaliidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 23 501909 | ||
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Compressidentalium spp. | ||
| CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups | ||
| Family: | Dentaliidae (tusk shells) - show full list | ||
| Common Name: | [a tusk shell] | ||
| Organism Type: | a tusk shell | ||
| 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 501000
Dentaliidae - undifferentiated | ||
| Child Codes: |
23 501051
Compressidentalium clathratum | ||
Identifiers: |
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| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | ||
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | ||
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | ||
| Scientific Name verified against: | Scarabino, V., 1995. Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. In: Bouchet, P., Editor, Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14, Mémoires du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, 167: 189-379. |
Record details
Record entered on 15-Aug-2013 00:00 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes