CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Arcoida (order) » Arcidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 226000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Arcidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 226 Arcidae (ark shells) - show full list
Common Name:	ark shells
Common Names List:	bivalves cockles
Organism Type:	an ark shell
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	23 224000 Arcoida
Child Codes:	23 226907 Acar spp. 23 226901 Anadara spp. 23 226902 Arca spp. 23 226903 Barbatia spp. 23 226904 Bathyarca spp. 23 226916 Bentharca spp. 23 226909 Calloarca spp. 23 226908 Destacar spp. 23 226915 Hawaiarca spp. 23 226914 Mabellarca spp. 23 226910 Mesocibota spp. 23 226912 Mimarcaria spp. 23 226911 Miratacar spp. 23 226905 Samacar spp. 23 226913 Tegillarca spp. 23 226906 Trisidos spp.

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Occurrence locations [20] 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:4d7f00ad-7243-4872-adf9-2ab0478052c3 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland	M3020100
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-09-08 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report