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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 125043 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Laevistrombus taeniatus   (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 125 Strombidae (strombs & spider shells) - show full list Common Name: [a stromb] Organism Type: a stromb Synonyms: Strombus (Laevistrombus) canarium Strombus canarium Laevistrombus canarium (mis-identifications) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 125909     Laevistrombus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is harvested commercially in Indonesia, and may be imported as seafood into Australia.
Scientific Name Notes:	The genus Laevistrombus was regarded as monotypic for many years, with L. canarium as the only species. It has now been divided into several species, and L. canarium is now regarded as restricted to India and Sri Lanka. L. taeniatus is found in western Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1346003 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-02-04 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:

Maxwell, S.J., Dekkers, A.M., Rymer, T.L., Congdon, B.C., 2019. Laevistrombus Abbott 1960 (Gastropoda: Strombidae): Indian and southwest Pacific species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4554(4): 491-506. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4554.4.2 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4554.4.2