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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Littorinimorpha (order)  »  Cypraeidae (family)

CAAB Code: 24 155000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Cypraeidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family: 24 155 Cypraeidae (cowries) - show full list
Common Name: cowries
Common Names List: cowry
Organism Type: a cowrie
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 24 155901     Annepona spp.
24 155902     Arestorides spp.
24 155903     Austrasiatica spp.
24 155904     Austrocypraea spp.
24 155905     Bistolida spp.
24 155906     Blasicrura spp.
24 155907     Chelycypraea spp.
24 155908     Contradusta spp.
24 155909     Cribrarula spp.
24 155910     Cypraea spp.
24 155911     Eclogavena spp.
24 155913     Erronea spp.
24 155914     Ipsa spp.
24 155915     Leporicypraea spp.
24 155916     Luria spp.
24 155917     Lyncina spp.
24 155918     Mauritia spp.
24 155933     Melicerona spp.
24 155919     Monetaria spp.
24 155912     Naria spp.
24 155921     Notocypraea spp.
24 155922     Nucleolaria spp.
24 155923     Ovatipsa spp.
24 155924     Palmadusta spp.
24 155934     Paradusta spp.
24 155925     Purpuradusta spp.
24 155926     Pustularia spp.
24 155920     Ransoniella spp.
24 155932     Raybaudia spp.
24 155927     Staphylaea spp.
24 155928     Talostolida spp.
24 155929     Talparia spp.
24 155930     Umbilia spp.
24 155931     Zoila spp.
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [6] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Taxon Notes: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:eaf3e74d-9797-47f1-b318-d60b6ee1a6c3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland M2020300
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23022
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-09-08
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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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
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WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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