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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 046141 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Trochus hanleyanus   Reeve, 1842
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 46 (top shells) - show full list Common Name: [a top shell] Organism Type: a top shell Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 046952     Trochus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This Australian species appears to be different to the East African Trochus hanleyanus Krauss, 1848 (= T. nigropunctatus), and may actually belong in the genus Tectus (family Tegulidae). Here we retain it in Trochus pending a detailed review.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:efc2c2a7-fb0b-4f81-a783-bafe6705482a Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573090 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2018-10-01 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.