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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 23 340000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Cardiidae: Tridacninae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 340 (giant clams) - show full list
Common Name: giant clams
Organism Type: a giant clam
Synonyms: Tridacnidae
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 23 340902     Hippopus spp.
23 340901     Tridacna spp.
Taxon Notes:This group is now regarded as a subfamily within the Cardiidae (CAAB code 23 335000). 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.name:4aeb6907-ae34-4fef-9c6d-13fb6647a45c
Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland M3011000
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Record source: Penny, S.S., Willan, R.C., 2014. Description of a new species of giant clam (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae) from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 34(3): 201-211.
Scientific Name
verified against
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WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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