CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	23 120908 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pseudotonicia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 120 Acanthochitonidae (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 120000 Acanthochitonidae
Child Codes:	23 120051 Pseudotonicia cuneata

Taxon Notes:

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	NZOR-6-96635 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., 1991. Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). , Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, Vol. 12: 77-88.

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