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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 257004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Saccostrea scyphophilla   (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 257 Ostreidae (oysters) - show full list Common Name: milky oyster Common Names List: Organism Type: an oyster Synonyms: Saccostrea cuccullata Saccostrea cucullata (mis-identification) Saccostrea mordax Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Estuarine Parent Codes: 23 257909     Saccostrea spp. Previous Codes (if any): 00 653006

Taxon Notes:	This species has previously been confused with the West African/Western Indian Ocean species Saccostrea cuccullata. See Huber, 2010. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 653006 (FISHLIST 653006).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e0d60532-3bd0-4ce5-b8ae-b4940537f5fa Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 79893 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506735 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 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.