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Bivalvia Veneroida Psammobiidae
Gari (Gari) modesta (Deshayes, 1855)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Milligaretta menkeana auct.
Milligaretta modesta auct.
Psammobia modesta Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia angusta Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia menkeana Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia aequalis Tate, 1885
Milligaretta venta Iredale, 1936
Gari temperata Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Common Name
Modest Sunshine Shell p.342, f.6 Allan, J. 1950.
Lesson's Sunset Shell p.342 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Swain Reefs, Queensland to Geraldton, Western Australia
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: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope [ to 205 m
]
depth: intertidal [ from 4 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
substrate: sand
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.25 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.108 General reference
Willan, R.C. 1993. p.23, figs. 82-93, 383 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828
Gari Schumacher, 1817
Gari (Gari) Schumacher, 1817
Gari (Gari) modesta (Deshayes, 1855)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17537) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-05-05.