CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Polyplacophora (class)  »  Chitonida (order)  »  Loricidae (family)

CAAB Code: 23 116000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
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Loricidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 116 Loricidae (chitons) - show full list
Common Name: chitons
Organism Type: a chiton
Synonyms: Schizochitonidae
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 23 116901     Lorica spp.
23 116902     Loricella spp.
23 116904     Squamophora spp.
Taxon Notes:Members of this family were previously placed in the family Schizochitonidae. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or no further detail is available.
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verified against:		 Sirenko, B.I., 2021. Composition of the genus Loricella (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Loricidae) and description of two new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4981(2): 275-300. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.4 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.4
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