Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 24 202000
Scientific Name: Buccinidae - undifferentiated

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Common Name: whelks
Suggested Indexable Form: whelks
Common Names List: whelks; dog whelks; spindle shells
Organism Type: a gastropod

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: Following Wilson (1994) and other authors, the following subfamilies are included in this family, although several have been regarded as full families by some authors:- Fasciolariinae, Melongeninae, Nassariinae, Pisaniinae, Colubrariinae. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
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Cleveland List Code(s) for this taxon: M2031100

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

Record source:
   Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.

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