CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Mytiloida (order) » Mytilidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 220000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mytilidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 220 Mytilidae (mussels) - show full list
Common Name:	mussels
Organism Type:	a mussel
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	23 219000 Mytiloida
Child Codes:	23 220901 Adipicola spp. 23 220902 Amygdalum spp. 23 220903 Arcuatula spp. 23 220904 Arenifodiens spp. 23 220905 Aulacomya spp. 23 220931 Bathymodiolus spp. 23 220932 Benthomodiolus spp. 23 220906 Botula spp. 23 220907 Brachidontes spp. 23 220908 Ciboticola spp. 23 220909 Dacrydium spp. 23 220910 Exosiperna spp. 23 220930 Gibbomodiola spp. 23 220933 Gigantidas spp. 23 220911 Gregariella spp. 23 220912 Idas spp. 23 220928 Jolya spp. 23 220926 Leiosolenus spp. 23 220914 Lithophaga spp. 23 220929 Modiolatus spp. 23 220915 Modiolus spp. 23 220917 Musculus spp. 23 220918 Mytilus spp. 23 220919 Perna spp. 23 220920 Rhomboidella spp. 23 220921 Septifer spp. 23 220922 Solamen spp. 23 220923 Stavelia spp. 23 220925 Trichomya spp. 23 220913 Xenostrobus spp. 23 220927 Zelithophaga spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	00 652000

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Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c990676b-5f39-4571-9acf-b275aec40cc2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland	M3040100

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report