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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 043000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Colloniidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 43 Colloniidae (top shells) - show full list Common Name: top shells Organism Type: a top shell Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 24 043901     Argalista spp. 24 043904     Cantrainea spp. 24 043902     Leptocollonia spp. 24 043905     Leptothyra spp. 24 043903     Rhombipoma spp.

Taxon Notes:	This family was previously included as a subfamily within the Turbinidae. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-38205 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Record source:

Parsons, K.E., Ward, R.D., 1994. Electrophoretic and morphological examination of Austrocochlea constricta (Gastropoda: Trochidae): A species complex., Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 45: 1065-1085.