CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code: 23 236022 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & 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.

Taxon Notes

This species has previous been confused with Pteria sibogae (=P. gregata), but is not this species. See Huber, 2010.

Identifiers

Australian Faunal Directory (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
World Register of Marine Species	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)

Distribution Map: View detailed map

Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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.