Species Gari (Psammotaena) elongata (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammobia (Psammotaena) elongata 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. [see Willan, 1993: 61-62 for full synonymy].

 

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 [61-64]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gari (Psammotaena) elongata (Lamarck, 1818). —
  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 [60-64] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, in mud, intertidal, mangrove mudflats, marine, sandy banks.

Extra Ecological Information

In bays on sand banks, estuaries of small rivers, deeply (up to 30cm) burrowed mainly in mud, muddy sand and shale.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Gari elongata (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213519 (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. [329, CD: line 10876]

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 [61-64]

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
	TELLINOIDEA	03-Aug-2011	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)