CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	23 346903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Paphies spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 346 Mesodesmatidae (surf clams) - show full list
Common Name:	[a surf clam]
Organism Type:	a surf clam
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 346000 Mesodesmatidae
Child Codes:	23 346007 Paphies altenai 23 346011 Paphies australis 23 346012 Paphies donacina 23 346006 Paphies elongata 23 346013 Paphies subtriangulata 23 346014 Paphies ventricosa

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.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:013349ce-83e9-4ac3-981e-c9332c297424 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report