Species Gari (Psammobia) livida (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammobia livida 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 no number, "West Australia" (= Tasmania. Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1914).
• Psammotaea zonalis 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. [517, sp. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1083/22, locality unknown.
• Psammobia striata 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. 20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1842.11.2.8-9, Van Diemen's Land (=Tasmania).
• Psammobia compta 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. 18].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1841.2.6.423, Van Diemen's Land (=Tasmania).
• Psammobia puella 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] [320, no. 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1984289, Australia.
• Psammobia tellinaeformis Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Psammobia. pls 2-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl. 5, sp. 31].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1985182/1, locality unknown.
• Psammobia hamiltonensis Tate, R. 1885. Notes on a critical examination of the Mollusca of the older Tertiary of Tasmania, alleged to have living representatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1884: 207-214 [4].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA T1190A, Muddy Creek, Hamiliton, Victoria.

 

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 [41] (see for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Gari (Gari) livida (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [56, pl. 52, fig. 388]
• Milligaretta livida (Lamarck, 1818). —
  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.421]
• Gari (Psammobia) livida (Lamarck, 1818) [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 [41, Figs 158-170, 390]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Queensland to Albany, Western Australia

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

To 64 m.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [279, fig. 305]

Huber, M. 2010. Gari livida (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507163 (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. [326, CD: line 10923]

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. [108, pl. 52, fig. 388]

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 [41, figs 158-170, 390]

 

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. [341] (Livid Sunset Shell)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [373] (Purple 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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	13-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		23-Jun-2011	MODIFIED