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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Vetigastropoda (unassigned) (order) » Turbinidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 24 045045 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| CAAB category: | 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) | |
| Family: | 24 45 Turbinidae (turban shells) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a turban shell] | |
| Organism Type: | a turban shell | |
| Synonyms: | Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
24 045901
Turbo spp. |
Identifiers: |
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| Record source: | Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Williams, S.T., 2007. Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae)., Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 92: 573-592. |