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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Pectinoida (order) » Pectinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 270003 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) |
CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. |
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Family: | 23 270 Pectinidae (scallops) - show full list | |
Common Name: | Saucer Scallop | |
Common Names List: | northern saucer scallop saucer scallop | |
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): | Saucer Scallop | |
Organism Type: | a scallop | |
Synonyms: | Amusium pleuronectes australiae | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
23 270945
Amusium spp. |
Taxon Notes: | This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB codes 00 651003 and 00 900205 (FISHLIST 651003 nd 900205). | ||||
Previous Codes (if any): | 00 651003, 651003, 00 900205, 900205 | ||||
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Record source: | Lamprell, K. Whitehead, T., 1992, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Mynhardt, G. Alejandrino, A. Puslednik, L. Corrales, J. Serb, J.M., 2014. Shell shape convergence masks biological diversity in gliding scallops: description of Ylistrum n. gen. (Pectinidae) from the Indo-Pacific Ocean., Journal of Molluscan Studies, Vol. 80(4): 400-411. |