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CAAB Taxon Code: 23 270001
Scientific Name and Authority: Amusium balloti (Bernardi, 1861)

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 270 Pectinidae (scallops)    show full list

Common Name: Ballot's saucer scallop
Suggested Indexable Form: scallop, Ballot's saucer
Common Names List: Ballot's saucer scallop
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Saucer Scallop; Scallop
Organism Type: a scallop

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 900204 (FISHLIST 900204).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 270000 .. Pectinidae - undifferentiated .. scallops
   23 270901 .. Amusium spp .. saucer scallop
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 651002, 651002, 00 900204, 900204

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

Record source:
   Lamprell, K.; Whitehead, T., 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Lamprell, K.; Whitehead, T., 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory