CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (order) » Cerithiopsidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 186014 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Specula mamilla (May, 1919)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 186 Cerithiopsidae (creepers) - show full list
Common Name:	[a creeper]
Organism Type:	a creeper
Synonyms:	Cerithiopsis mamilla Specula mammilla (mis-spelling)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 186916 Specula spp.

Scientific Name Notes:

The specific name has been mis-spelt by several authors as "mammilla, but May's original spelling is "mamilla".

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:85be96a9-af10-40f2-b745-543d23b9691a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592377 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:	Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report