CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Pterioida (order) » Pteriidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 236019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 236 Pteriidae (pearl oysters) - show full list
Common Name:	[a wing shell]
Organism Type:	a wing shell
Synonyms:	Pteria chinensis Pteria avicula
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 236902 Pteria spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [13] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:235fa085-c606-4bd4-a739-c7f512963b17 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464504 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-03-08 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report