MSBIAS taxon details
Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)
140869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140869)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 87, pl. 47, fig. 27 [details]
page(s): 87, pl. 47, fig. 27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140869 on 2026-05-21
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140869 on 2026-05-21
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(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 87, pl. 47, fig. 27 [details]
additional source Lussi, M. (2024). Revision of the Psammobiidae of South Africa with the description of two new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Conchylia.</em> 54(3-4): 4-19.
page(s): 9, textfig. 5, pl. 1 fig. 5 [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 190 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 698-699 [details]
page(s): 87, pl. 47, fig. 27 [details]
additional source Lussi, M. (2024). Revision of the Psammobiidae of South Africa with the description of two new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Conchylia.</em> 54(3-4): 4-19.
page(s): 9, textfig. 5, pl. 1 fig. 5 [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 190 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 698-699 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | large sunset shell | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gari depressa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Angola, Luanda, Baia do Mussulo, at 15 m depth, collec...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Le Val-André, Ile Ver...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Chios, Lagkada, at 3 m depth, c...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Netherlands, Zeeland, Ritthem)
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, Sunny Cove, was...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gari depressa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Angola, Luanda, Baia do Mussulo, at 15 m depth, collec...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Le Val-André, Ile Ver...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Chios, Lagkada, at 3 m depth, c...
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) Netherlands, Zeeland, Ritthem)
To Malacopics (Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, Sunny Cove, was...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
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