Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 380129 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Dosinia levissima Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 380 Veneridae (venus shells) - show full list
- Common Name
- [a venus cockle]
- Organism Type
- a venus cockle
- Synonyms
- Dosinia exasperata (mis-identification) Dosinia (Dosinella) levissima
- 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 380901
Dosinia spp.
- Taxon Notes
- This species has previously been confused with Dosinia exasperata - the latter species is not currently known from Australian waters. See Huber, 2010.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e0b5d5e9-59c3-4612-bc01-cd5e6a429799
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507614
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-02-28
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Record source
- Lamprell, K. Whitehead, T., 1992, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.
- Scientific Name verified against
- Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.