Gari stangeri

Taxobox
name = "Gari stangeri"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Tellinoidea
familia = Psammobiidae
genus = "Gari"
species = "G. stangeri"
binomial = "Gari stangeri"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1843)

"Gari stangeri", or the purple sunset shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is found around the North, South, Stewart and Chatham islands, in sand, mud or gravel, in shallow water.

The shell is smaller, more solid and less transversely elongated than "Gari lineolata", and with only a faint trace of a posterior ridge. The sculpture consists of unequal concentric striae, more deeply incised at the anterior end.

Coloration is whitish, radially striped with violet or purple. The interior is bright violet or purple, clouded with whitish callus towards the fringe.

Height is up to 34 mm, length 58 mm, and thickness 17 mm.

References

* 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 85467-054-8