CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
24 202322 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Penion sulcatus   (Lamarck, 1816)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family
24 202 Austrosiphonidae (whelks) - show full list
Common Name
[a whelk]
Organism Type
a whelk
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
24 202948     Penion spp.
Taxon Notes
This species appears to be endemic to New Zealand. Records of this species from Australia are probably based on mis-identified specimens of Penion mandarinus.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) NZOR-6-70134
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:488453
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-02-04
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A., Maxwell, P.A., Grant-Mackie, J.A., Stilwell, J.D., Willan, R.C., Campbell, H.J., Crampton, J.S., Henderson, R.A., Bradshaw, M.A., Waterhouse, J.B,, Pojeta, J.Jr., 2009. Phylum Mollusca. In: Gordon, D.P., Editor, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.: 161-254. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ 566pp.
Scientific Name verified against
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.