Gari stangeri

Gari stangeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Tellinoidea
Family:	Psammobiidae
Genus:	Gari
Species:	G. stangeri
Binomial name
	Gari stangeri; (Gray, 1843)
Synonyms
	Psammobia stangeri J. E. Gray, 1843 ;

Gari stangeri, or the purple sunset shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae. It was first described by John Edward Gray using specimens collected by William Stanger.^[1]

Description

It has a pink shell with radiating rings. The inside appears to be pink with a diffuse colour of white, and a white rim. The shell is oblong and around 2" in length when mature.

Etymology

The generic name Gari is of uncertain etymology, with none listed in the original description.^[2] It is an ancient Greek hapax legomenon for a city in northern Afghanistan.^[3] The gender is normally considered feminine as it was originally combined with Gari papyracea.

Stangeri was named for William Stanger (surveyor).^[4]

References

^ John Edward Gray (1843). "Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species". Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. 2: 253. Wikidata Q105735171.
^ Schumacher, Christian Friedrich; Bagge, Oluf-Olufsen (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés : avec XXII planches. À Copenhague: De l'Imprimerie de Mr. le directeur Schultz. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.35863.
^ "Γαρι". Logeion. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
^ Dieffenbach, Ernst (1843). Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country / by Ernst Dieffenbach. London: J. Murray. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8

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[Gray-1] John Edward Gray (1843). "Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species". Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. 2: 253. Wikidata Q105735171.

[2] Schumacher, Christian Friedrich; Bagge, Oluf-Olufsen (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés : avec XXII planches. À Copenhague: De l'Imprimerie de Mr. le directeur Schultz. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.35863.

[3] "Γαρι". Logeion. Retrieved 2025-02-05.

[4] Dieffenbach, Ernst (1843). Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country / by Ernst Dieffenbach. London: J. Murray. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.

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