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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)
> lineolata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Psammobia) lineolata (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Psammobia lineolata Gray, 1835
Images: Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835)
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 49mm. © rights reserved
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 49mm. © 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)
> lineolata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gari (Psammobia) lineolata (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Psammobia lineolata Gray, 1835
Details: Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 65mm, Height 32mm
Distribution:
North Island, far northern and southern South Island, and Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-182m
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.45)
  • 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.176)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.418)

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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