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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (order)  »  Litiopidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 078902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Litiopa spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 78 Litiopidae (gastropods) - show full list Common Name: [a gastropod] Organism Type: a gastropod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 24 078000     Litiopidae Child Codes: 24 078005     Litiopa limnophysa

Taxon Notes:

Members of this genus are semi-pelagic, living associated with floating Sargassum, or on algae attached to floating pumice. While most species are tropical to subtropical, they can sometimes be found well outside their normal ranges due to drifting long distances with their substrate. 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:6dae1f72-800c-4ee8-88b9-c46ec707d0d2 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Grove, S.J., 2014. The pumice-associated Litiopa limnophysa Melvill & Standen, 1896 (Gastropoda: Litiopidae) and two species of pearl-oyster (Bivalvia: Pteriidae: Pinctada Röding, 1798) drift down to Tasmania., The Malacological Society of Australasia Newsletter, Vol. 152: 10-11.