CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
23 340901 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Tridacna spp.  
Rank
Genus
CAAB category
23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family
23 340 (giant clams) - show full list
Common Name
[a giant clam]
Organism Type
a giant clam
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
23 340000     Cardiidae: Tridacninae
Child Codes
23 340002     Tridacna crocea
23 340003     Tridacna derasa
23 340004     Tridacna gigas
23 340005     Tridacna maxima
23 340007     Tridacna noae
23 340006     Tridacna squamosa
Previous Codes
(if any)
00 659001, 659001
Taxon Notes
This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 659001 (FISHLIST 659001).
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5ab69ee3-fc1c-4fcf-afef-e50dbc9c8ea4
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205753
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-11-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Scientific Name verified against
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.