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Taxonomy
Family:
PSAMMOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Psammobiidae (Family)
> Gari (Genus)
> convexa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Psammobia) convexa (Reeve, 1857) accepted, alternate representation
=Gari hodgei Willan, 1980
=Psammobia convexa Reeve, 1857
Images: Gari convexa (Reeve, 1857)
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 50mm. © rights reserved
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 50mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PSAMMOBIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Psammobiidae (Family)
> Gari (Genus)
> convexa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Psammobia) convexa (Reeve, 1857) accepted, alternate representation
=Gari hodgei Willan, 1980
=Psammobia convexa Reeve, 1857
Details: Gari convexa (Reeve, 1857)
Size/Grows to:
Length 85mm, Height 42mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-73m
Type Data:
  • Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ, (type of Gari hodgei Willan, 1980)
Notes:
Pink Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Willan, R.C. 1993 Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region, Records of the Australian Museum (p.43)
  • Willan, R.C. Sep/1980 Gari lineolata - Two Species, Cookia, 4(1) (p.9)
  • Willan, R.C. 1980 A re-evaluation of Gari lineolata (Gray in Yate, 1835) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(2) (p.174)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1857 Monograph of the genus Psammobia, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 10 (p.59) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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