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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 257021 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ostrea stentina   Payraudeau, 1826
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 257 Ostreidae (oysters) - show full list Common Name: [an oyster] Organism Type: an oyster Synonyms: Ostrea aupouria Ostrea auporia (mis-spelling) Ostrea virescens (mis-identification) Ostrea capsa Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 257906     Ostrea spp.

Taxon Notes:	Here we follow the World Register of Marine Species in using Ostrea stentina fpr this widespread species, which is in general usage, rather than the older name O. capsa, as proposed by Huber (2010), pending a decision from the ICZN.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3ec2676a-55c0-4ee0-9203-e1016bfbdde8 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489077 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:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.