CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	23 346000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mesodesmatidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 346 Mesodesmatidae (surf clams) - show full list
Common Name:	surf clams
Organism Type:	a surf clam
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Child Codes:	23 346901 Anapella spp. 23 346904 Atactodea spp. 23 346902 Davila spp. 23 346903 Paphies spp.

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c10f4e19-f328-4628-9258-9b7c4a1a94d6 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report