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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 257903 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Magallana spp. |
Rank: | Genus |
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Taxon Notes: | All Indo-Pacific species previous placed in Crassostrea are now placed in Magallana. The genus Crassostrea is now considered to be restricted to the Americas. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Salvi, D., Mariottini, P., 2017. Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 179(2): 263-276. . doi:10.1111/zoj.12455 doi:10.1111/zoj.12455 |