CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 70 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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

CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
23 237002 Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819 hammer oyster, white hammer oyster 2000-07-20 2013-05-20
23 237009 Malleus daemoniacus Reeve, 1858 [a hammer oyster] 2013-08-15
23 237008 Malleus legumen Reeve, 1858 [a hamer oyster] 2013-06-14
23 237005 Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758) hammer oyster, black hammer oyster 2000-08-03 2013-05-20
23 237001 Malleus meridianus Cotton, 1930 southern hammer oyster 2000-05-15 2013-05-20
23 237006 Malleus regula (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) straight hammer oyster 2001-01-29 2017-02-08
23 237901 Malleus spp. 2012-10-05
23 237000 Malleidae hammer oysters 2000-05-15 2013-05-15
23 245012 Atrina assimilis (Reeve, 1858) [a razor clam] 2013-06-14
23 245009 Atrina serra (Reeve, 1858) [a razor clam] 2001-08-01 2013-05-15
23 245005 Atrina strangei Reeve, 1858 pen shell, comb pen shell 2000-08-03 2013-05-15
23 245007 Atrina tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1876) [a razor clam] 2001-08-01 2013-05-15
23 245006 Atrina vexillum (Born, 1778) pen shell 2001-01-29 2013-05-15
23 245013 Atrina zelandica (Gray in Yate, 1835) [a razor clam] 2013-06-14 2014-09-08
23 245901 Atrina spp. [a razor clam] 2012-10-05 2014-05-26
23 245002 Pinna deltodes Menke, 1843 [a razor clam] 2000-07-20 2013-05-15
23 245001 Pinna dolabrata Lamarck, 1819 Australian Razor Clam Australian Razor Clam 2000-01-10 2020-05-11
23 245010 Pinna madida Reeve, 1858 [a razor clam] 2013-06-14
23 245011 Pinna menkei Reeve, 1858 [a razor clam] 2013-06-14
23 245003 Pinna muricata Linnaeus, 1758 pen shell 2000-08-03 2013-05-15
23 245008 Pinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758 [a razor clam] 2001-08-01 2014-09-08
23 245004 Pinna Lamprell & Whitehead non Gmelin, 1791 [a razor clam] 2000-08-03 2014-05-26
23 245902 Pinna spp. [a razor clam] 2012-10-05 2014-05-26
23 245000 Pinnidae razor clams 2000-01-10 2014-05-26
23 236034 Crenatula picta (Gmelin, 1791) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-15 2013-05-15
23 236905 Crenatula spp. [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-15 2013-05-15
23 236024 Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-20
23 236027 Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2015-08-19
23 236005 Electroma virens (Lamarck, 1819) [a wing shell] 2000-07-20 2015-06-10
23 236903 Electroma spp. 2012-10-05
23 236035 Isognomon albisoror (Iredale, 1939) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-20 2013-05-20
23 236043 Isognomon australica (Reeve, 1858) [a pearl oyster] 2013-06-14
23 236036 Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758) leaf oyster, mangrove oyster, mauve mangrove oyster, tree oyster, saddle tree oyster, mangrove pearl oyster, rounded toothed pearl shell 2013-05-20 2021-06-28
23 236037 Isognomon isognomon (Linnaeus, 1758) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-20 2013-05-20
23 236038 Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1790) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-20 2013-05-20
23 236039 Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-20 2013-05-20
23 236040 Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1768) [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-20 2013-05-20
23 236906 Isognomon spp. [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-15 2021-06-28
23 236001 Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) Pale Pearl Oyster Pale Pearl Oyster 1999-10-01 2018-10-03
23 236029 Pinctada chemnitzi (Philippi, 1849) [a pearl oyster] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236012 Pinctada imbricata fucata (Gould, 1850) Akoya Pearl Oyster Akoya Pearl Oyster 2001-01-29 2013-05-15
23 236007 Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850) pearl oyster, spotted pearl oyster 2000-07-20 2013-05-15
23 236002 Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Blacklip Pearl Oyster Blacklip Pearl Oyster 1999-10-01 2018-10-08
23 236003 Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) Silverlip Pearl Oyster Silverlip Pearl Oyster 1997-01-01 2013-05-15
23 236042 Pinctada reeveana (Dunker, 1872) [a pearl oyster] 2013-06-14
23 236901 Pinctada spp. PEARL OYSTERS PEARL OYSTERS 1997-01-01 2018-10-08
23 236904 Pinctada spp. (except for Pinctada maxima) pearl oysters 2013-01-22 2014-09-10
23 236019 Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2014-09-10
23 236015 Pteria bernhardi (Iredale, 1939) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236041 Pteria broomei Huber, 2010 [a pearl oyster] 2013-06-14
23 236017 Pteria cooki Lamprell & Healy, 1997 [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236023 Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236008 Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819) [a wing shell] 2000-07-20 2013-05-15
23 236014 Pteria lata (Gray, 1845) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236013 Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236016 Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236020 Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236004 Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) Penguin Wing Oyster Penguin Wing Oyster 1997-01-01 2018-10-08
23 236006 Pteria physoides (Lamarck, 1819) [a wing shell] 2000-07-20 2013-05-15
23 236022 Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236018 Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852) [a wing shell] 2001-08-30 2013-05-15
23 236902 Pteria spp. WING PEARL OYSTERS WING PEARL OYSTERS 2009-07-27 2018-10-03
23 236033 Vulsella ovata Lamarck, 1819 sponge fingerclam 2013-05-15 2013-05-15
23 236032 Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) sponge fingerclam 2013-05-15 2013-05-15
23 236907 Vulsella spp. [a pearl oyster] 2013-05-15 2013-05-15
23 236000 Pteriidae PEARL OYSTER PEARL OYSTER 1999-10-01 2018-10-08
23 239001 Pulvinites exempla (Hedley, 1914) [a bivalve] 2001-01-09 2017-05-11
23 239901 Pulvinites spp. [a bivalve] 2012-10-05 2014-09-10
23 239000 Pulvinitidae bivalves 2001-01-09 2001-01-09
23 235000 Pterioidea wing and pearl oysters 2002-01-16

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