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CAAB Taxon Code: 23 270007
Scientific Name and Authority: Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852

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

Common Name: commercial scallop
Suggested Indexable Form: scallop, commercial
Common Names List: commercial scallop; king scallop
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Commercial Scallop; Scallop
Organism Type: a scallop

Other names used in Australia: Pecten meridionalis; Pecten albus

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB codes 00 651001 and 900201 (FISHLIST 651001 and 900201).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 270000 .. Pectinidae - undifferentiated .. scallops
   23 270902 .. Pecten spp .. [a scallop]
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 651001, 651001, 00 900201, 900201

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

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