CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 23 220081 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Brachidontes ustulatus   (Lamarck, 1819)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 220 Mytilidae (mussels) - show full list
Common Name: [a mussel]
Organism Type: a mussel
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 220907     Brachidontes spp.
Scientific Name Notes:This is the earliest name for this species, but Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer, 1870) has been widely used, and may be the valid name under ICZN rules. Here, we follow WoRMS in retaining B. ustulatus until the taxonomy is clarified by further study and/or a case before the ICZN.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505995
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Wells, F.E., Bryce, C.W., 1988, Seashells of Western Australia (revised edition). Western Australian Museum, Perth
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.
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