CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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 155095 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Notocypraea mayi   (Beddome, 1897)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family: 24 155 Cypraeidae (cowries) - show full list
Common Name: [a cowrie]
Organism Type: a cowrie
Synonyms: Cypraea (Notocypraea) mayi Notocypraea comptoni
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 24 155921     Notocypraea spp.
Taxon Notes:This species is considered to be a synonym of Notocypraea comptoni by some authors.
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., 2008, A field guide to the marine invertebrates of South Australia. notomares, Hobart, TAS 333pp.
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