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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 272007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Spondylus tenuis   Schreibers, 1793
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 Synonyms: Spondylus electus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 272901     Spondylus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This Caribbean species has been erroneously recorded from Australia (as Spondylus electus) - any records of this species from this region need to be re-examined to dertermine their true identity.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506972 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.