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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 226014 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Anadara oceanica   (Lesson, 1831)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 226 Arcidae (ark shells) - show full list Common Name: [an ark shell] Organism Type: an ark shell Synonyms: Anadara maculosa Anadara antiquata (mis-identification) Arca novaecaledoniae Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 226901     Anadara spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species has previously been confused with Anadara antiquata - this whole groups is in urgent need of revision, and several species are probably included under the currently recognised names.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504327 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-02 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden
Scientific Name verified against:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.