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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Myoida (order) » Corbulidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 387003 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) |
CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. | |
Family: | 23 387 Corbulidae (cockles) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a cockle] | |
Organism Type: | a cockle | |
Synonyms: | Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
23 387901
Corbula spp. |
Taxon Notes: | Native to Europe, this species appears to have been accidentally introduced to Australian waters. | ||||||
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden |
Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |