CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Vetigastropoda (unassigned) (order) » Turbinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 045905 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Astralium spp.
Rank:	Genus

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:	Foliastralium spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 045904 Turbinidae
Child Codes:	24 045007 Astralium pileolum 24 045061 Astralium rhodostomum 24 045062 Astralium rotularium 24 045063 Astralium stellare 24 045008 Astralium tentoriiforme 24 045064 Astralium tentorium

Taxon Notes:

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:76a37e06-0c40-428a-90e4-315d851cca8a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204985 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	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.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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