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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 356023 show as JSON
Scientific Name and 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: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 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:	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 Australia MoV 1565 WoRMS 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)

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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.