Species Gari (Psammobia) amethystus (Wood, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Solen amethystus Wood, W. 1815. General Conchology; or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean Society. London : J. Booth Vol. 1 246 pp. [138, no. 31, pl. 34, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, India.
• Psammobia caerulescens 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. [513].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHN, les mers de l'Inde.
• Psammobia tripartita 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] [321, no. 21].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 196414, Philippine Islands.
• Psammobia amoena 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. 28].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1964010, locality unknown.
• Gari mirabilis Bertin M.V. 1880. Revision des garidées du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2 3: 57-129, pls 4-5 [117, no. 51, pl. 4, figs 2a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN no number, Madagascar.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [38] (see reference for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Gari amethysta (Wood, 1815). —
  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 [38]
• Gari (Psammobia) amethysta (Wood, 1815) [new combination]. —
  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 [28, Figs 11, 12, 149-157, 389]
• Gari (Gari) amethystus (Wood, 1815). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [110, pl. 53, fig. 395]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Coarse sand, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

To 73 m.

 

General References

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. [325, CD: line 10833]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [110, pl. 53, fig. 395]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [162]

Rosenberg, G. 2012. Gari amethystus (Wood, 1815). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606033 (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 [38, figs 11-12, 149-157, 389]

 

History of changes

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	16-Nov-2015	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