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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Solemyoida (order) » Solemyidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 216000 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Solemyidae |
CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. |
Distribution map:
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Family: | 23 216 Solemyidae (date shells) - show full list | |
Common Name: | date shells | |
Organism Type: | a date shell | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Child Codes: |
23 216902
Acharax spp. 23 216901 Solemya spp. |
Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||
Identifiers: |
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Scientific Name verified against: | Walton, K., 2015. New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia)., Molluscan Research, Vol. 35(4): 246-261. |