CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Pectinoida (order) » Pectinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 270003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 270 Pectinidae (scallops) - show full list
Common Name (AS5300):	Saucer Scallop
Common Names List:	northern saucer scallop saucer scallop
Organism Type:	a scallop
Synonyms:	Amusium pleuronectes australiae
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 270945 Amusium spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	00 651003, 651003, 00 900205, 900205

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [856] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB codes 00 651003 and 00 900205 (FISHLIST 651003 nd 900205).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:831c1375-0d92-4fdb-b47e-a73ea2dc203e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215388 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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.

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