Species Gari (Gari) truncata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina truncata Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1118].

  Type data:

   Holotype not registered, locality unknown.
• Gari vulgaris Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [44, 131 (in part)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC no number, locality unknown.
• Psammobia pulchella 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. [515].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN M4 R1113, locality unknown.
• Psammobia bipartita Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5(11): 161-176 [166, no. 38].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, Manila, Philippine Islands.
• Psammobia arakanensis Smith, E.A. 1904. Natural History Notes from H.M Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator', Commander T.H. Heming, R.N.- Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14(79): 1-14 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI M3063/1, Cheduba, Arakan coast.

 

Generic Combinations

• Gari (Gari) truncata (Linnaeus, 1767). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [108, pl. 52, fig. 390]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian to western Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 metres; fine sandy substrates, occasionally mud

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [185-186, pl. 67, fig. 5]

Huber, M. 2010. Gari truncata (Linnaeus, 1767). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507166 (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. [324, CD: line 10992]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [108, pl. 52, fig. 390]

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 [14, figs 1-2, 38-48]

 

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
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED