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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Vetigastropoda (unassigned) (order) » Chilodontidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 24 051018 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853) |
| CAAB category: | 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) | |
| Family: | Chilodontidae (gastropods) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a gastropod] | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Vaceuchelus clathratus Herpetopoma foveolata | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
24 051906
Vaceuchelus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a gastropod |
| Taxon Notes: | This species has been synonymised with Vaceuchelus clathratus, but Poppe et al (2006) regard it as most likely a distinct species. Here we follow this view, pending a detailed revision of the group. | ||
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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: | Poppe, G.T Tagaro, S.P. Dekker, H., 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands., Visaya, Vol. Suppl. 2: 3-226. |