Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 23 270901
Scientific Name: Amusium spp

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

Common Name: saucer scallop
Suggested Indexable Form: scallop, saucer
Common Names List: 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 651006 (FISHLIST 651006).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 270000 .. Pectinidae - undifferentiated .. scallops
Child Codes (if any):
    23 270001 .. Amusium balloti .. Ballot's saucer scallop
        23 270003 .. Amusium pleuronectes .. northern saucer scallop
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 651006, 651006

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 79730

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

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