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Species List for Family: Psammobiidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Cardiida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Psammobiidae (Family)
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  • Family: Psammobiidae

  • Gari convexa (Reeve, 1857)
    Length 85mm, Height 42mm
    Pink Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Gari galatheae (Powell, 1958)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec and Philippine Islands
    K
  • Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835)
    Length 65mm, Height 32mm
    Pink Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, far northern and southern South Island, and Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Gari pusilla Bertin, 1880
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Norfolk Island and Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Gari stangeri (Gray, 1843)
    Length 76mm, Height 45mm
    Purple Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Heteroglypta contraria (Deshayes, 1863)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, and Indo-West Pacific, also isolated occurrences off Northland
    KA
  • Hiatula nitida (Gray, 1843)
    Length 50mm, Height 25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide level to a few metres
    ACFM
  • Hiatula siliquens Willan, 1993
    Length 51mm, Height 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and south-western North Island, far northern and far southern South Island, and Banks Peninsula. Inhabits muddy sands of estuaries and harbours. Low tide level to a few metres
    ACF
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