CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	23 117901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plaxiphora spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 117 Mopaliidae (chitons) - show full list Common Name: [a chiton] Organism Type: a chiton Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 117000     Mopaliidae Child Codes: 23 117002     Plaxiphora albida 23 117003     Plaxiphora aurata 23 117006     Plaxiphora australis 23 117007     Plaxiphora biramosa 23 117008     Plaxiphora boydeni 23 117009     Plaxiphora caelata 23 117012     Plaxiphora egregia 23 117001     Plaxiphora matthewsi 23 117010     Plaxiphora murdochi 23 117004     Plaxiphora obscurella 23 117011     Plaxiphora obtecta

Taxon Notes:	The family placement of this genus is currently uncertain - see Irisarri, Eernisse & Zardoya, 2014. Here, we retain it in Mopaliidae pending further clarification. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fdc19556-327d-4691-85f5-62dfee5dc8b3 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Irisarri, I., Eernisse, D.J., Zardoya, R., 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Acanthochitonina (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Chitonida): three new mitochondrial genomes, rearranged gene orders and systematics., Journal of Natural History, Vol. 48(45-48): 2825-2853. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.963721 doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.963721