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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 380903 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Meretrix spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 380 Veneridae (venus shells) - show full list
Common Name (AS5300): BABY CLAMS
Common Names List: baby clam
Organism Type: a venus shell
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 380000     Veneridae
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
00 659002, 659002
Taxon Notes:Members of this genus are widespread in the Indo-Pacific area where they are widely used for food, but currently not known from Australian waters. However, they are commonly imported as seafood. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 659002 (FISHLIST 659002).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0037bec0-1604-4913-80c1-21a49579df77
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
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Scientific Name
verified against
:
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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