OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Psammobiidae
Gari (Psammobia) livida (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Milligaretta livida auct.
Psammobia livida Lamarck, 1818
Psammotaea zonalis Lamarck, 1818
Psammobia striata Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia compta Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia puella Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia tellinaeformis Reeve, 1856
Psammobia hamiltonensis Tate, 1885
Common Name
Livid Sunset Shell p.341 Allan, J. 1950.
Purple Sunset Shell p.373 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Distribution
Southern Queensland to Albany, Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 64 m
]
depth: intertidal [ from 0 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: sand flats
substrate: sand
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.279, fig. 305 General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.25 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.108 General reference
Willan, R.C. 1993. p.41, figs. 158-170, 390 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828
Gari Schumacher, 1817
Gari (Psammobia) Lamarck, 1818
Gari (Psammobia) livida (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17517) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-03-21.