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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 408000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Cuvierinidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 408 Cuvierinidae (shelled pteropods) - show full list Common Name: shelled pteropods Organism Type: a shelled pteropod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 24 400000     Thecosomata Child Codes: 24 408901     Cuvierina spp.

Taxon Notes:

Here, we follow Janssen et al, 2019, in recognising this family as distinct from Cavolinidae. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

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Scientific Name verified against:

Janssen, A.W., Bush, S.L., Bednaršek, N., 2019. The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda)., Zoosymposia, Vol. 13: 305-346. . dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.22 doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.22