Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 116000 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- 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
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Child Codes
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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.
- Scientific Name 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