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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Bivalvia (class)  »  Myoida (order)  »  Pholadidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 401005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Martesia striata   (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 401 Pholadidae (piddocks) - show full list Common Name: [a piddock] Organism Type: a piddock Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 401904     Martesia spp.

Taxon Notes:	While this species is found in most tropical seas worldwide, it does not appear to occur naturally in Australian waters. The only Australian record is from Sydney, and it is likely that it has been accidentally introduced there by shipping.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d6823dd8-2423-462b-ad8f-338df3982195 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216465 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden
Scientific Name verified against:	Huber, M., 2010, Compendium of Bivalves. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany 901pp.