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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 155096 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melicerona listeri   (Gray, 1824)
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 listeri Cypraea felina Erronea felina Melicerona felina Erronea listeri Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 155933     Melicerona spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species has been confused with Melicerona felina, particularly in eastern Australia.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:10460708-6c62-4a84-9974-f782cd0f1688 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761201 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2017-02-28 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Healy, J.M., Potter, D.G., Carless, T., 2010. A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Moreton Bay, Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, Vol. 54(3): 253-286.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.