Gari lineolata

Taxobox
name = "Gari lineolata"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Tellinoidea
familia = Psammobiidae
genus = "Gari"
species = "G. lineolata"
binomial = "Gari lineolata"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1835)

"Gari lineolata", or the pink 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 shallow water off coastal beaches.

The shell is large, rather thin, elongate-ovate, smooth and polished, with a weak angulation running from the beak to the lower edge of the subtruncate posterior end. The pallial sinus is very deep, extending to almost two thirds the width of the shell.

Coloration is pinkish, with concentric bands of reddish-purple. The interior is diffused with reddish-purple.

Height is up to 41 mm, length 80 mm, and thickness 19 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