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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 272006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Spondylus asiaticus   Chenu, 1845
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 272 Spondylidae (thorny oysters) - show full list Common Name: [a thorny oyster] Organism Type: a thorny oyster 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 272901     Spondylus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is currently not known from Australian waters. Previously Australian records of this species are mis-identifications of other species, particularly Spondylus asperrimus. See Huber, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3304f2c7-0a82-497c-8316-efe8ba577a73 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506941 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden
Scientific Name verified against:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.