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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
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 50mm
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
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Pink 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.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

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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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