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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Bivalvia (class)  »  Anomalodesmata (order)  »  Clavagellidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 415902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Dacosta spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 415 Clavagellidae (watering pot shells) - show full list Common Name: [a watering pot shell] Organism Type: a watering pot shell Synonyms: Clavagella spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 415911     Clavagellidae Child Codes: 23 415003     Dacosta australis

Taxon Notes:	The genus Clavagella s.s. is now regarded as restricted to fossil taxa only. All living species previously placed in this genus are now regarded as being in other genera. See Morton, 2007. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:139f6edc-7dd6-4bf3-b972-f6c6c78b48b3 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Morton, B., 2007. The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae)., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 24: 19-64.