Gari stangeri | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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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]
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