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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Pterioida (order) » Pteriidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 23 236000 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Pteriidae |
| CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. |
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| Family: | 23 236 Pteriidae (pearl oysters) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Pearl Oysters | |
| Common Names List: | pearl oysters sponge clams wing shells | |
| Standard (Commercial) Name(s): | Pearl Oysters | |
| Organism Type: | a pearl oyster | |
| Synonyms: |
Isognomonidae Vulsellidae | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
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| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Child Codes: |
23 236905
Crenatula spp. 23 236903 Electroma spp. 23 236906 Isognomon spp. 23 236901 Pinctada spp. 23 236902 Pteria spp. 23 236907 Vulsella spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This family now includes several groups previously placed in other families, following genetic studies by Tëmkin, 2010. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 00 658000, 23 238000 | ||||
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| Scientific Name verified against: | Tëmkin, I., 2010. Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea)., Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 10(342): 1-28. |