Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 055000 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Neopilinidae
- Rank
- Family
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 55 Neopilinidae (monoplacophorans) - show full list
- Common Name
- monoplacophorans
- Organism Type
- a monoplacophoran
- Synonyms
- Micropilinidae Laevipilinidae Monoplacophoridae
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
-
Marine unspecified
- Child Codes
-
23 055903
Micropilina spp.
23 055901 Veleropilina spp.
23 055902 Vema spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 23 054000
- Taxon Notes
- All living monoplacophorans are now regarded as belonging in this family. See Kano et al, 2012. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
- Identifiers
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ITIS (USA) 566924
View at ITIS
- Scientific Name verified against
- Kano, Y., Kimura, S., Kimura, T., Warén, A., 2012. Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservation or recent diversification?, Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 41(5): 471-488.