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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 23 378001 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Mytilopsis sallei   (Récluz, 1849)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 378 Dreissenidae (bivalves) - show full list
Common Name: [a bivalve]
Organism Type: a bivalve
Synonyms: Mytillopsis adamsi
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Estuarine
Parent Codes: 23 378901     Mytilopsis spp.
Taxon Notes:This species, originally from the Carribean but now found in many other regions including SE Asia, was accidentally introduced into Darwin in 1998/1999 (probably from SE Asia) and was subsequently totally eradicated. While not currently known to be present in Australian waters, this species still poses a threat of reintroduction from SE Asia.
Scientific Name Notes:There has been much confusion over the identity of Australasian records of this invasive species, and it has been identified as both Mytilopsis sallei and M. adamsi. Recent genetic work has shown that these two "species" are actually ecomorphs of the same highly variable species, so M. adamsi is now a synonym of the older M. sallei.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505330
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Willan, R.C., Russell, B.C,, Murfet, N.B., Moore, K.L., McEnnulty, F.R., Horner, S.K., Hewitt, C.L., Dally, G.M., Campbell, M.L., Bourke, S.T., 2000. Outbreak of Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 20(2): 25-30.
Scientific Name
verified against
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Willan, R.C., 2016. pers. comm..
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