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Gari stangeri

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Gari stangeri
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

References

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  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.