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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Scaphopoda (class)  »  Gadilida (order)  »  Pulsellidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 515901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Compressidens spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 515 Pulsellidae (tusk shells) - show full list Common Name: [a tusk shell] Organism Type: a tusk shell Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 515000     Pulsellidae Child Codes: 23 515003     Compressidens platyceras

Taxon Notes:	This genus is regarded as incertae cedis within the Gadilimorpha by Steiner & Kabat (2001). Here we have retained it within the Pulsellidae pending a detailed review. 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:dc4b9260-fece-4068-bf97-5a04212ae597 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Steiner, G., Kabat, A.R., 2001. Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca)., Zoosystema, Vol. 23(3): 433-460.