''Gari'' is a
genus
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of
bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Psammobiidae
The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida.
These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species:
*'' Asaphis'' Modeer, 1793
*''Gari'' Sc ...
, known as sunset shells.
Species
The following species have been accepted by the database
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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(WoRMS):
* ''
Gari bicarinata''
* ''
Gari circe''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''
Gari costulata''
( Turton, 1822)
* ''
Gari depressa''
(Pennant, 1777) – large sunset shell
* ''
Gari elongata''
Lamarck
* ''
Gari fervensis''
(Gmelin, 1791) – the Faroe sunset shell
* ''
Gari granulifera''
* ''
Gari intermedia''
(Deshayes, 1855)
* ''
Gari juliae''
Willan & Huber, 2007
* ''
Gari lessoni''
(de Blainville, 1826)
*''
Gari linhares''
Simone, 1998
* ''
Gari maculosa''
(Lamarck, 1818)
*''
Gari ornata''
(Deshayes, 1854)
*''
Gari pseudoweinkauffi''
Cosel, 1989
* ''
Gari sharabatiae''
Rusmore-Villaume, 2005
* ''
Gari tellinella''
(Lamarck
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, 1818)
*''
Gari violacea''
*''
Gari wenkauffi''
(Lamarck, 1818)
The following species have been found in other databases :
* ''
Gari californica''
( Conrad, 1849) – California sunset clam
* ''
Gari convexa''
( Reeve, 1857)
* ''
Gari edentula''
(Gabb, 1869)
* ''
Gari fucata''
(Hinds, 1845) – painted sunset clam
* ''
Gari helenae''
Olsson, 1961
* ''
Gari lineolata''
(Gray, 1835) – pink sunset shell
* ''
Gari maxima''
( Deshayes, 1855)
* ''
Gari regularis''
(Carpenter
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, 1864)
* ''
Gari stangeri''
(Gray, 1843) – painted sunset shell
References
ITIS* Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'',
William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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Psammobiidae
Bivalve genera