Species Gari (Psammotaena) togata (Deshayes, 1855)
Clothes Sunset Shell
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Psammobia togata 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] [318, no. 5].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1984280/1, Philippine Islands. - Hiatula montrouzieri Adams, S. & Angas, G.F. 1863. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii [425, no. 4].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1870.10.26.13, New Caledonia.
Generic Combinations
- Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855). —
Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323 [237, no. 53] - Psammotaea togata (Deshayes, 1855). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 404] - Milligaretta togata (Deshayes, 1855). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [25, no. 420] - Gari (Psammotaena) togata (Deshayes, 1855) [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 [64, figs 269-274, 401]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific; NSW doubtful record Angas (1867)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, mangrove mudflats, marine, mud-silt, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
Sand-bars; deeply burrowed up to 50cm in muddy or shale substrates.
General References
Huber, M. 2010. Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507153 (Accessed on 2015-02-25)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [25]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [112, pl. 54, fig. 404]
Salas-Casanova, C. & E. Hergueta 1990. The functional morphology of the alimentary canal of Donax venustus Poli and D. semistriatus Poli. pp. 213-222 in Morton, B. The Bivalvia. Proceedings of a Memorial Symposium in Honour of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), Edinburgh, 1986. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press. (compared anatomically)
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 [64, figs 269-274, 401]
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, fig. 7] (Clothes Sunset Shell)
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 |