CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Neogastropoda (order)  »  Cancellariidae (family)

CAAB Code: 24 215013 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority: 		Merica purpuriformis    (Kiener, 1841)
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae (nutmeg shells) - show full list
Common Name: [a nutmeg shell]
Recent Synonyms: Cancellaria (Sydaphera) purpuriformis
Sydaphera purpuriformis
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Regions: Australia (inc. subantarctic territories)
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 24 215911     Merica spp.
Organism Type: a nutmeg shell

Identifiers:
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574366
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-05-16
View at WoRMS    - also at OBIS (report and map of occurrences)
Record source: Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name
verified against:		 WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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