Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 23 607003
Scientific Name and Authority: Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 607 Sepiidae (cuttlefish)    show full list

Common Name: oval bone cuttlefish
Suggested Indexable Form: cuttlefish, oval bone
Common Names List: oval bone cuttlefish
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Cuttlefish
FAO Name: oval bone cuttlefish

Organism Type: a cuttlefish

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 610005 (FISHLIST 610005).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 607000 .. Sepiidae - undifferentiated .. cuttlefish
   23 607901 .. Sepia spp .. cuttlefish
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 610005, 610005

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 556195

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

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory