CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
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
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 Australia
World 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.