Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 356023 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Theora lubrica Gould, 1861
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 356 Semelidae (clams) - show full list
- Common Name
- [a bivalve]
- Organism Type
- a bivalve
- Synonyms
- Theora (Endopleura) lubrica
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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23 356904
Theora spp.
- Taxon Notes
- This species is native to east Asia, and probably was introduced to Australia and New Zealand (and the Mediterranean) accidentally by shipping. All current records in this region are restricted to port areas.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8e8e0804-a6ff-452f-9986-f28123b0a676
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaMuseum of Victoria 1565
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233903
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Record source
- Beechey, D.L., Willan, R.C., 2007. Establishment of the East Asian Dove Snail Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 27(2): 51-59.
- Scientific Name verified against
- WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.