Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 23 380901
Scientific Name: Dosinia spp

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 380 Veneridae (venus shells)    show full list

Common Name: surf clam
Suggested Indexable Form: clam, surf
Common Names List: surf clam
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Surf Clam
Organism Type: a venus shell

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 657902 (FISHLIST 657902).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 380000 .. Veneridae - undifferentiated .. venus shells
Child Codes (if any):
    23 380033 .. Dosinia altenai .. [a cockle]
    23 380032 .. Dosinia amina .. [a cockle]
    23 380113 .. Dosinia amphidesmoides .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380130 .. Dosinia bruguieri .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380001 .. Dosinia caerulea .. surf clam
    23 380171 .. Dosinia carpentariana .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380132 .. Dosinia circinaria .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380128 .. Dosinia contusa .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380131 .. Dosinia crocea .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380127 .. Dosinia deshayesii .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380124 .. Dosinia diana .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380129 .. Dosinia exasperata .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380116 .. Dosinia extranea .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380133 .. Dosinia grata .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380114 .. Dosinia histrio .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380120 .. Dosinia incisa .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380024 .. Dosinia juvenilis .. [a cockle]
    23 380115 .. Dosinia kaspiewi .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380117 .. Dosinia laminata .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380170 .. Dosinia lochi .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380125 .. Dosinia lucinalis .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380025 .. Dosinia mira .. [a cockle]
    23 380123 .. Dosinia nedigna .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380121 .. Dosinia queenslandica .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380126 .. Dosinia scalaris .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380118 .. Dosinia sculpta .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380119 .. Dosinia tenella .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380122 .. Dosinia tumida .. [a venus cockle]
    23 380013 .. Dosinia victoriae .. [a venus cockle]
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 657902, 657902

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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