CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
23 236033 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Vulsella ovata   Lamarck, 1819
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 pearl oyster]
Common Names List
sponge fingerclam
Organism Type
a pearl oyster
Synonyms
Vulsella spongiarum
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
23 236907     Vulsella spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
23 237004
Taxon Notes
This southern Australian species has previously been mis-identified as Vulsella spongiarum, a synonym of the widespread tropical Indo-Pacific species V. minor - the latter is currently not recorded from Australian waters. See Huber, 2010.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d602f7f7-d9bf-4353-b745-f4af20a16e54
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507105
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
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.