OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Psammobiidae
Gari (Psammobia) amethystus (Wood, 1815)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina gari Röding, 1798
Solen amethystus Wood, 1815
Psammobia caerulescens Lamarck, 1818
Psammobia tripartita Deshayes, 1855
Psammobia amoena Deshayes, 1855
Gari mirabilis Bertin, 1880
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.300
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 73 m
]
depth: intertidal [ from 1.5 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ most records from 5-20 m
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.110 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.162 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks
] General reference
Willan, R.C. 1993. p.38, figs. 11-12, 149-157, 389 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828
Gari Schumacher, 1817
Gari (Psammobia) Lamarck, 1818
Gari (Psammobia) amethystus (Wood, 1815)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17553) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-14.