CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Buccinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 202904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Buccinidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 202 Buccinidae (whelks) - show full list
Common Name:	whelks
Organism Type:	a whelk
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified Estuarine
Parent Codes:	24 202000 Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Nassariidae, Melongenidae, Colubrariidae, Belomitridae, Dolicholatiridae, Cominellidae, Austrosiphonidae, Tudiclidae, Prodotiidae, Pisaniidae
Child Codes:	24 202913 Buccipagoda spp. 24 202983 Euthrenopsis spp. 24 202928 Fascinus spp. 24 202929 Fax spp. 24 202933 Godfreyena spp. 24 202967 Mohnia spp. 24 202993 Neptunea spp. 24 202968 Plicifusus spp. 24 202992 Sagenotriton spp. 24 202976 Thalassoplanes spp.

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Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3bba68e8-ea36-4598-8292-ac1a63d62118 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P., 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families., Malacologia, Vol. 47(1-2): 1-397.

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