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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 236022 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pteria saltata   (Iredale, 1931)
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 sibogae (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 236902     Pteria spp.

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Taxon Notes:	This species has previous been confused with Pteria sibogae (=P. gregata), but is not this species. See Huber, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:39798f6b-a767-41da-ac18-19fed8aa798e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595863 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 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.