CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 44 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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Animalia (kingdom)   Mollusca (phylum)   Bivalvia (class)   Ostreoida (order)

  • Gryphaeidae
    • Hyotissa hyotis    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [an oyster]      23 256001
    • Hyotissa spp.              23 256901
    • Parahyotissa imbricata    (Lamarck, 1819)      [an oyster]      23 256002
    • Parahyotissa numisma    (Lamarck, 1819)      [an oyster]      23 256003
    • Parahyotissa spp.              23 256902
    • Gryphaeidae         oysters      23 256000
  • Ostreidae
    • Alectryonella plicatulla    (Gmelin, 1791)      [an oyster]      23 257014
    • Alectryonella spp.              23 257901
    • Booneostrea subucula    (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925)      [an oyster]      23 257017
    • Booneostrea spp.              23 257902
    • Dendostrea cristata    (Born, 1778)      [an oyster]      23 257026
    • Dendostrea folium    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [an oyster]      23 257008
    • Dendostrea sandvichensis    (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)      [an oyster]      23 257009
    • Dendostrea trapezina    (Lamarck, 1819)      [an oyster]      23 257027
    • Dendostrea spp.              23 257904
    • Lopha cristagalli    (Linnaeus, 1758)      cockscomb oyster      23 257012
    • Lopha spp.              23 257905
    • Magallana dactylena    (Iredale, 1939)      [an oyster]      23 257019
    • Magallana gigas    (Thunberg, 1793)      Pacific Oyster      23 257001
    • Magallana sikamea    (Amemiya, 1928)      [an oyster]      23 257022
    • Magallana spp.         [an oyster]      23 257903
    • Nanostrea fluctigera    (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925)      [an oyster]      23 257016
    • Nanostrea spp.         [an oyster]      23 257912
    • Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis    (Cox, 1927)      [an oyster]      23 257013
    • Nicaisolopha spp.         [an oyster]      23 257913
    • Ostrea angasi    G.B. Sowerby II, 1871      Native Oyster      23 257002
    • Ostrea chilensis    Philippi in Kuster, 1846      Bluff oyster      23 257011
    • Ostrea edulis    Linnaeus, 1758      flat European oyster      23 257020
    • Ostrea stentina    Payraudeau, 1826      [an oyster]      23 257021
    • Ostrea virescens    Angas, 1867      [an oyster]      23 257015
    • Ostrea spp.         [an oyster]      23 257906
    • Planostrea pestigris    (Hanley, 1846)      [an oyster]      23 257010
    • Planostrea spp.              23 257907
    • Pustulostrea australis    (Lamarck, 1819)      [an oyster]      23 257018
    • Pustulostrea spp.              23 257908
    • Saccostrea circumsuta    (Gould, 1850)      [an oyster]      23 257023
    • Saccostrea echinata    (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)      blacklip oyster      23 257007
    • Saccostrea glomerata    (Gould, 1850)      Sydney Rock Oyster      23 257006
    • Saccostrea scyphophilla    (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)      milky oyster      23 257004
    • Saccostrea spathulata    (Lamarck, 1819)      [an oyster]      23 257024
    • Saccostrea subtrigona    (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)      [an oyster]      23 257025
    • Saccostrea spp.         [an oyster]      23 257909
    • Striostrea spp.         [an oyster]      23 257910
    • Ostreidae         oysters      23 257000

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