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)

  • Malleidae
    • Malleus albus    Lamarck, 1819      [a hammer oyster]      23 237002
    • Malleus daemoniacus    Reeve, 1858      [a hammer oyster]      23 237009
    • Malleus legumen    Reeve, 1858      [a hamer oyster]      23 237008
    • Malleus malleus    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [a hammer oyster]      23 237005
    • Malleus meridianus    Cotton, 1930      [a hammer oyster]      23 237001
    • Malleus regula    (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)      [a hammer oyster]      23 237006
    • Malleus spp.              23 237901
    • Malleidae         hammer oysters      23 237000
  • Pinnidae
    • Atrina assimilis    (Reeve, 1858)      [a razor clam]      23 245012
    • Atrina serra    (Reeve, 1858)      [a razor clam]      23 245009
    • Atrina strangei    Reeve, 1858      [a razor clam]      23 245005
    • Atrina tasmanica    (Tenison Woods, 1876)      [a razor clam]      23 245007
    • Atrina vexillum    (Born, 1778)      pen shell      23 245006
    • Atrina zelandica    (Gray in Yate, 1835)      [a razor clam]      23 245013
    • Atrina spp.         [a razor clam]      23 245901
    • Pinna deltodes    Menke, 1843      [a razor clam]      23 245002
    • Pinna dolabrata    Lamarck, 1819      Australian razor clam      23 245001
    • Pinna madida    Reeve, 1858      [a razor clam]      23 245010
    • Pinna menkei    Reeve, 1858      [a razor clam]      23 245011
    • Pinna muricata    Linnaeus, 1758      pen shell      23 245003
    • Pinna saccata    Linnaeus, 1758      [a razor clam]      23 245008
    • Pinna    Lamprell & Whitehead non Gmelin, 1791      [a razor clam]      23 245004
    • Pinna spp.         [a razor clam]      23 245902
    • Pinnidae         razor clams      23 245000
  • Pteriidae
    • Crenatula picta    (Gmelin, 1791)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236034
    • Crenatula spp.         [a pearl oyster]      23 236905
    • Electroma alacorvi    (Dillwyn, 1817)      [a wing shell]      23 236024
    • Electroma papilionacea    (Lamarck, 1819)      [a wing shell]      23 236027
    • Electroma virens    (Lamarck, 1819)      [a wing shell]      23 236005
    • Electroma spp.              23 236903
    • Isognomon albisoror    (Iredale, 1939)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236035
    • Isognomon australica    (Reeve, 1858)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236043
    • Isognomon ephippium    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236036
    • Isognomon isognomon    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236037
    • Isognomon legumen    (Gmelin, 1790)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236038
    • Isognomon nucleus    (Lamarck, 1819)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236039
    • Isognomon perna    (Linnaeus, 1768)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236040
    • Isognomon spp.         [a pearl oyster]      23 236906
    • Pinctada albina    (Lamarck, 1819)      Pale Pearl Oyster      23 236001
    • Pinctada chemnitzi    (Philippi, 1849)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236029
    • Pinctada imbricata fucata    (Gould, 1850)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236012
    • Pinctada maculata    (Gould, 1850)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236007
    • Pinctada margaritifera    (Linnaeus, 1758)      Blacklip Pearl Oyster      23 236002
    • Pinctada maxima    (Jameson, 1901)      Silverlip Pearl Oyster      23 236003
    • Pinctada reeveana    (Dunker, 1872)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236042
    • Pinctada spp.         Pearl Oysters      23 236901
    • Pinctada spp. (except for Pinctada maxima)         pearl oysters      23 236904
    • Pteria avicular    (Holten, 1802)      [a wing shell]      23 236019
    • Pteria bernhardi    (Iredale, 1939)      [a wing shell]      23 236015
    • Pteria broomei    Huber, 2010      [a pearl oyster]      23 236041
    • Pteria cooki    Lamprell & Healy, 1997      [a wing shell]      23 236017
    • Pteria gregata    (Reeve, 1857)      [a wing shell]      23 236023
    • Pteria heteroptera    (Lamarck, 1819)      [a wing shell]      23 236008
    • Pteria lata    (Gray, 1845)      [a wing shell]      23 236014
    • Pteria maccullochi    (Iredale, 1939)      [a wing shell]      23 236013
    • Pteria maura    (Reeve, 1857)      [a wing shell]      23 236016
    • Pteria peasei    (Dunker, 1872)      [a wing shell]      23 236020
    • Pteria penguin    (Röding, 1798)      Penguin Wing Oyster      23 236004
    • Pteria physoides    (Lamarck, 1819)      [a wing shell]      23 236006
    • Pteria saltata    (Iredale, 1931)      [a wing shell]      23 236022
    • Pteria straminea    (Dunker, 1852)      [a wing shell]      23 236018
    • Pteria spp.         Wing Pearl Oysters      23 236902
    • Vulsella ovata    Lamarck, 1819      [a pearl oyster]      23 236033
    • Vulsella vulsella    (Linnaeus, 1758)      [a pearl oyster]      23 236032
    • Vulsella spp.         [a pearl oyster]      23 236907
    • Pteriidae         Pearl Oysters      23 236000
  • Pulvinitidae
    • Pulvinites exempla    (Hedley, 1914)      [a bivalve]      23 239001
    • Pulvinites spp.         [a bivalve]      23 239901
    • Pulvinitidae         bivalves      23 239000
  • family not defined
    • Pterioidea         wing and pearl oysters      23 235000

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