Gari (bivalve) explained

Gari is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Psammobiidae, known as sunset shells. ^[1]

Species

The following species have been accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):^[2]

• Gari affinis (Dujardin, 1837) †
• Gari amethystus (W. Wood, 1815)
• Gari anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari appendiculata (Lamarck, 1806) †
• Gari aquitanica (Mayer, 1858) †
• Gari aucklandica Marwick, 1948 †
• Gari baudoni (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari brevisinuata (Cossmann, 1886) †
• Gari cacuminata Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
• Gari caillati (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari californica (Conrad, 1849) – California sunset clam ^[3]
• Gari callosa (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari candidula (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari castrensis (Spengler, 1794)
• Gari chinensis (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari circe (Mörch, 1876)
• Gari commoda (Yokoyama, 1925)
• Gari consobrina (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari convexa (Reeve, 1857) ^[4]
• Gari costulata (Turton, 1822)
• Gari crassatellaeformis (Cossmann, 1883) †
• Gari crassula (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari cuisensis (Cossmann, 1883) †
• Gari debilis (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) – large sunset shell
• Gari dollfusi Cossmann, 1886 †
• Gari donacilla (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari dutemplei (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari eburnea (Reeve, 1856)
• Gari effusa (Lamarck, 1806) †
• Gari elongata Lamarck
• Gari eos Willan, 1993
• Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791) – the Faroe sunset shell
• Gari fucata (Hinds, 1845) – painted sunset clam ^[5]
• Gari galatheae (Powell, 1958)
• Gari gofasi Cosel, 1990
• Gari gracilenta (E. A. Smith, 1884)
• Gari helenae Olsson, 1961 ^[6]
• Gari inflata (Bertin, 1880)
• Gari insignis (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari jousseaumeana Bertin, 1880
• Gari juliae Willan & Huber, 2007
• Gari kazusensis (Yokoyama, 1922)
• Gari kenyoniana (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1904)
• Gari lamarckii (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari lata (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari layardi (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari lessoni (de Blainville, 1826)
• Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835) – pink sunset shell ^[7]
• Gari livida (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari loustauae (Cossmann, 1886) †
• Gari maculosa (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari maxima (Deshayes, 1855) ^[8]
• Gari micans (Bertin, 1880)
• Gari modesta (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari neglecta (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari nincki (Cossmann, 1913) †
• Gari oamarutica Finlay, 1930 †
• Gari obtusalis (Deshayes, 1825) †
• Gari occidens (Gmelin, 1791)
• Gari oriens (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari pallida (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari panamensis Olsson, 1961
• Gari pennata (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari preangerensis (K. Martin, 1922) †
• Gari pseudoweinkauffi Cosel, 1989
• Gari pulcherrima (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari pusilla Bertin, 1880
• Gari radiata (Dunker, 1845)
• Gari rasilis (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
• Gari rudis (Lamarck, 1806) †
• Gari sharabatiae Rusmore-Villaume, 2005
• Gari sibogai Prashad, 1932
• Gari solida (Gray, 1828)
• Gari spathula (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari squamosa (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari staadti (Cossmann, 1913) †
• Gari stangeri (Gray, 1843) – painted sunset shell ^[9]
• Gari tellinella (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari tellinella (Deshayes, 1824) † (accepted - unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Gari tellinella (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari tenuicula (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari truncata (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Gari vaudini (Deshayes, 1857) †
• Gari virescens (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari virgata (Lamarck, 1818)

The following species have been found in other databases :

• Gari edentula (Gabb, 1869) ^[10]
• Gari regularis (Carpenter, 1864) ^[11]

Synonyms:

• Gari bicarinata (Deshayes, 1855): synonym of Gari insignis (Deshayes, 1855)
• Gari granulifera E. Lamy, 1938: synonym of Herouvalia pulchella (H. Adams, 1870)
• Gari intermedia (Deshayes, 1855) : synonym of Gari virgata (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari linhares Simone, 1998 : synonym of Gari circe (Mörch, 1876)
• Gari ornata (Deshayes, 1854): synonym of Gari maculosa (Lamarck, 1818)
• Gari wenkauffi (Crosse, 1864) : synonym of Gari pallida (Deshayes, 1855)

References

• ITIS
• Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Gari Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138388 on 2023-06-13
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS : the genus Gari
3. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81261 ITIS Gari californica
4. http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Gari+convexa&b=FB101920 Discover Life : Gari convexa
5. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81267 ITIS Gari fucata
6. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81268 ITIS Gari helenae
7. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Gari+lineolata&btxt=FishBase&burl=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id Dis cover Life : Gari lineolata
8. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81269 ITIS Gari maxima
9. Web site: Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam : Gari strangeri . 2010-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607224547/http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/nmr/results.php?taal=nl&volledige_naam=Gari+stangeri&type=s&start=0&display=25&sort=fa . 2011-06-07 . dead .
10. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81266 ITIS Gari edentula
11. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81270 ITIS : Gari regularis