CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Carditoida (order) » Carditidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 325908 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Purpurocardia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 325 Carditidae (cockles) - show full list
Common Name:	[a cockle]
Organism Type:	a cockle
Synonyms:	Venericardia spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 325000 Carditidae
Child Codes:	23 325015 Purpurocardia amabilis 23 325014 Purpurocardia bimaculata 23 325017 Purpurocardia cavatica 23 325007 Purpurocardia purpurata 23 325039 Purpurocardia reinga

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

Species in this genus were previously included in Venericardia, which is now regarded as only containing fossil species. See Huber, 2010. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5e4ad2c8-125d-4f43-af9c-1112cd82adc0 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492198 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-09-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report