Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Psammobiidae > Genus Gari

Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gari*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Gari (Gobraeus)*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Gari (Psammobella)*	J. E. Gray, 1851	synonym
*Gari (Psammobia)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Gobraeus*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Psammobia*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Psammobia (Psammobella)*	J. E. Gray, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Gobraeus variabilis*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Psammobia depressa*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Psammobia depressa var. normalis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895	synonym
*Psammobia florida*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Psammobia vespertina*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Psammobia vespertina var. gantica*	De Gregorio, 1895	synonym
*Psammobia vespertina var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Psammobia vespertina var. livida*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Psammobia vespertinalis*	Blainville, 1826	synonym
*Solen vespertinus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Solen vesperus*	Salis Marschlins, 1793	synonym
*Solen violaceus*	Salis Marschlins, 1793	synonym
*Tellina variabilis*	Donovan, 1801	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ovale zonneschelp sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

English: flat sunsetclam; large sunset shell; large sunsetclam sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Flache Sandmuschel; Große Flache Sandmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Έσπερος

Literature

additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Lussi, M. (2024). Revision of the Psammobiidae of South Africa with the description of two new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiida). Conchylia. 54(3-4): 4-19.
status source	Kilburn R.N. (1971). On some species of the families Tonnidae, Hipponicidae, Buccinidae, Columbariidae, Fasciolariidae, Psammobiidae and Mactridae (Mollusca) in South African waters. Annals of the Natal Museum 20(3):483-497.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140869