Species Gari (Gari) pulcherrima (Deshayes, 1855)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammobia pulcherrima 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] [325, no. 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1985168, locality unknown.
• Psammobia abrupta 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. 33] [although this name should technically take preceedence over G. pulcherrima, Willan (1993) indicate that this should not take effect for the sake of taxonomic stability].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1984300, Philippine Islands.
• Psammobia pazi Hidalgo, G. 1867. Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 15: 305-308, pl. 8 [306, pl. 8, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNCN 15.07/0307, locality unknown.
• Grammatomya kurodai Habe, T. 1981. A catalogue of molluscs of wakayama Prefecture, the Province of Kii. 1. Bivalvia, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Special Publication, Seto Marine Laboratory 7. 301 pp., 13 pls [139-140, pl. 3, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT Mo58965, off Cape Ashizuri, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Gari pulcherrima (Deshayes, 1855). —
  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 [35]
• Gari (Grammatomya) pulcherrima (Deshayes, 1855). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [110, pl. 53, fig. 400]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, intertidal, marine, sand, sublittoral, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 150 m, most abundant from 30-100 m. Clean sandy substrates, also coral slopes among rubble

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Gari pulcherrima (Deshayes, 1855). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507152 (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. [325, CD: line 10963]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [110, pl. 53, fig. 400]

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 [35, figs 140-148, 388]

 

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	24-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED