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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)
> stangeri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Gobraeus) stangeri (Gray, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
=Psammobia kuesteri Philippi, 1845
=Psammobia neozelanica Hutton, 1885
=Psammobia stangeri Gray, 1843
=Psammobia tristis Deshayes, 1855
=Psammobia zelandica Deshayes, 1855
Images: Gari stangeri (Gray, 1843)
In beach drift, around harbour entrances. 59mm
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)
> stangeri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Gobraeus) stangeri (Gray, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
=Psammobia kuesteri Philippi, 1845
=Psammobia neozelanica Hutton, 1885
=Psammobia stangeri Gray, 1843
=Psammobia tristis Deshayes, 1855
=Psammobia zelandica Deshayes, 1855
Details: Gari stangeri (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 76mm, Height 45mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Purple Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.49)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.418)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.253) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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