CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	24 081001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Zeacumantus subcarinatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 81 Batillariidae (mud creepers) - show full list
Common Name:	New Zealand mud creeper
Organism Type:	a mud creeper
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 081905 Zeacumantus spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species is native to New Zealand, and probably was introduced to Australia accidentally by early shipping.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:72eedcde-434d-456a-9989-24676fee49bb Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397205 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-06-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	Beechey, D.L., Willan, R.C., 2007. Establishment of the East Asian Dove Snail Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 27(2): 51-59.

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