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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Ostreoida (order) » Ostreidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 257011 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Kuster, 1846 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | An important commercial species in New Zealand, this species has been recorded from Australia based on seafood imports from New Zealand to Tasmania in the late 1800's-early 1900's, but no population is known to be established in Australian waters. | ||||
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Record source: | Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A., Maxwell, P.A., Grant-Mackie, J.A., Stilwell, J.D., Willan, R.C., Campbell, H.J., Crampton, J.S., Henderson, R.A., Bradshaw, M.A., Waterhouse, J.B,, Pojeta, J.Jr., 2009. Phylum Mollusca. In: Gordon, D.P., Editor, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.: 161-254. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ 566pp. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp. |