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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 340901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and 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:	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 WoRMS 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)

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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.