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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Bivalvia (class)  »  Veneroida (order)  »  Cardiidae (family)

CAAB Code: 23 335023 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Vasticardium coralense   (Vidal, 1993)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 335 Cardiidae (heart cockles) - show full list
Common Name: [a heart cockle]
Organism Type: a heart cockle
Synonyms: Vasticardium elongatum (mis-identification)
Acrosterigma elongatum coralense Vasticardium elongatum coralense
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 335913     Vasticardium spp.
Taxon Notes:Regarded for a long time as a subspecies or synonym of Vasticardium elongatum, it is now recognised as a distinct species.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f214b181-bac2-426e-9394-d15881eccb70
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381322
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. Whitehead, T., 1992, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.
Scientific Name
verified against
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Poorten, J.J.T., Kirkendale, L.A., Poutiers, J.-M., 2017. The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 32(2): 101-190. . doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-190 doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-190
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