CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	23 345915 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Oxyperas spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 345 Mactridae (clams) - show full list Common Name: [a clam] Organism Type: a clam Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 345000     Mactridae Child Codes: 23 345031     Oxyperas aspersa 23 345054     Oxyperas belliana 23 345032     Oxyperas coppingeri 23 345055     Oxyperas elongata 23 345033     Oxyperas lentiginosa

Taxon Notes:	This group was previously regarded as a subgenus within Spisula. 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:85a1b5db-147e-451e-91f5-448d459082f0 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.