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 pallida (Deshayes, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Psammobia pallida*	Deshayes, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒノデアシガイ

Literature

basis of record	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	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gari pallida (Deshayes, 1855). 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:507150