CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	23 118008 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 118 (chitons) - show full list
Common Name:	[a chiton]
Organism Type:	a chiton
Synonyms:	Chiton (Amaurochiton) glaucus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 118902 Chiton spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species is native to New Zealand. It was accidentally introduced to SE Tasmania around 1900, where it has become well established.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:94d625c3-0be2-455e-96d6-f3eb0ef966e2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386775 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-09-07 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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