Species Gari (Dysmea) occidens (Gmelin, 1791)

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Species Gari (Dysmea) occidens (Gmelin, 1791)

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Solen occidens Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3228, no. 21, pl. 226, figs 2a-b].
Sanguinolaria occidens Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [510, sp. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN no number, locality unknown.
Psammobia nivosa Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [317, no. 2].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1984277/1, Philippine Islands.
Dysmea vitrea Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [174, pl. 44, figs 13-14] [not Sanguinolaria vitrea Deshayes, 1855].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 173001, off south coast Molokai Island, Hawaii.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Hawaii

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

3-35 m, clean sand or coral substrates

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Gari occidens (Gmelin, 1791). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507158 (Accessed on 2015-02-24)

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [326, CD: line 10944]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [108, pl. 52, fig. 386]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [163] (spelt Gari (Dysmea) occidens)

Willan, R.C. 1993. Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 1-132 [57, figs 223-236, 397]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED

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