CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	23 370901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Meiocardia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 370 Glossidae (heart cockles) - show full list Common Name: [a heart cockle] Organism Type: a heart cockle Synonyms: Glossus spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 370000     Glossidae Child Codes: 23 370002     Meiocardia hawaiana 23 370003     Meiocardia moltkiana 23 370001     Meiocardia vulgaris

Taxon Notes:	This genus was previously regarded as a subgenus of Glossus. 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:a1888fa6-af6f-4d06-b31e-5f27b6182d82 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.