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)  »  Neogastropoda (order)  »  Muricidae: Rapaninae (family)

CAAB Code: 24 200995 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Menathais spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family: 24 200 Muricidae: Rapaninae (gastropods) - show full list
Common Name: [a whelk]
Organism Type: a whelk
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 24 200903     Muricidae: Rapaninae
Child Codes: 24 200191     Menathais tuberosa
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:765a2a27-2c73-427f-9b0e-46884faa46f0
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
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Scientific Name
verified against:		 Claremont, M., Vermeij, G.J., Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G., 2012. Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 66: 91-102.
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