Species Gari (Gari) maculosa (Lamarck, 1818)
Marbled Sunset Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN M4 R1077, Indian Ocean.- Psammobia tongana Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [539, pl. 83, figs 13-14].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN no number, Tonga-Tabou Island. - Psammobia praestans 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] [323, no. 25].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 196416, Moluccas Islands. - Psammobia layardi 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] [323, no. 26].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 196422, Philippine Islands. - Psammobia ornata 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] [323, no. 27].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 196423, Ticao Island, Philippine Islands. - Psammobia rubicunda 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] [324, no. 30].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1964299/1, Ticao Island, Philippine Islands. - Psammobia corrugata 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] [324, no. 31].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1964013, Zebu island, Philippine Islands. - Psammobia marmorea 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] [324, no. 32].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1846.9.16.112, Moluccas Islands. - Psammobia obtusa Preston, H.B. 1908. Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands. Records of the Indian Museum 2(2): 187-210, pls 14-17 [208, pl. 16, fig. 41].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI M22856/4, Andaman Islands.
Generic Combinations
- Gari (Gari) maculosa (Lamarck, 1818). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [108, pl. 52, fig. 389]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), 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
Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, sand, sublittoral, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 80 m. Reef slopes, burrowed up to 12 cm in clean sand or coral substrates
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [186, pl. 68, fig. 2] (as Gari (Dysmea) tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834))
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [108, pl. 52, fig. 389]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [163]
Rosenberg, G & Huber, M. 2012. Gari maculosa (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213515 (Accessed on 2015-02-24)
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 [26, figs 10, 94-112, 384]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [342] (as Gari marmorea) (Marbled Sunset Shell)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |
11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
11-Aug-2014 | TELLINOIDEA | 24-Jun-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
23-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED |