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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Veneroida (order) » Veneridae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 23 380000 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Veneridae |
| CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. |
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| Family: | 23 380 Veneridae (venus shells) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | venus shells | |
| Organism Type: | a venus shell | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Child Codes: |
23 380905
Anomalodiscus spp. 23 380904 Antigona spp. 23 380936 Aphrodora spp. 23 380932 Austrovenus spp. 23 380906 Bassina spp. 23 380907 Callista spp. 23 380908 Callocardia spp. 23 380931 Chioneryx spp. 23 380909 Circe spp. 23 380910 Circomphalus spp. 23 380911 Clementia spp. 23 380940 Costacallista spp. 23 380937 Costellipitar spp. 23 380934 Dorisca spp. 23 380930 Dosina spp. 23 380901 Dosinia spp. 23 380912 Eumarcia spp. 23 380913 Gafrarium spp. 23 380914 Globivenus spp. 23 380915 Gomphinella spp. 23 380916 Gouldiopa spp. 23 380917 Granicorium spp. 23 380938 Hyphantosoma spp. 23 380918 Irus spp. 23 380902 Katelysia spp. 23 380942 Kyrina spp. 23 380933 Leukoma spp. 23 380919 Lioconcha spp. 23 380920 Marcia spp. 23 380903 Meretrix spp. 23 380939 Notocallista spp. 23 380944 Notopaphia spp. 23 380921 Paphia spp. 23 380941 Pelecyora spp. 23 380922 Pitar spp. 23 380923 Placamen spp. 23 380943 Protapes spp. 23 380935 Redicirce spp. 23 380945 Ruditapes spp. 23 380924 Samarangia spp. 23 380925 Sunetta spp. 23 380926 Tapes spp. 23 380927 Tawera spp. 23 380928 Timoclea spp. 23 380929 Venerupis spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 00 657000 | ||||
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