Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 386005 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Mya japonica Jay, 1857
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 386 Myidae (bivalves) - show full list
- Common Name
- [a bivalve]
- Organism Type
- a bivalve
- 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 386904
Mya spp.
- Taxon Notes
- This species is native to the north-western Pacific. It has recently been detected living in south-eastern Tasmania, where it has been established since at least 2013. This accidental introduction is most likely from shipping in ballast water. It has potential to spread to other areas in the region, including New Zealand.
- Identifiers
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World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367838
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-02-04
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Record source
- Grove, S., Willan, R., Ellard, K., Dann, A., 2018. Detection of the invasive exotic Japanese softshell clam Mya japonica Jay, 1857 (Bivalvia: Myidae) in Tasmania., Malacological Society of Australasia Newsletter, Vol. 167: 3-5.
- Scientific Name verified against
- WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.