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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 380152 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Protapes roemeri   Huber, 2010
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: Paphia (Protapes) gallus (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 380943     Protapes spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species has previously been confused with Protapes gallus (as Paphia gallus) - the latter species is currently not known from Australian waters. See Huber, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2239756d-73f3-4270-a7db-d660c7554c2f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507885 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-02-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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.