| 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) | |
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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]
It has a pink shell with radiating rings. The inside appears to be pink with a diffuse colour of white, and a white rim. The shell is oblong and around 2" in length when mature.
The generic name Gari is of uncertain etymology, with none listed in the original description. [2] It is an ancient Greek hapax legomenon for a city in northern Afghanistan. [3] The gender is normally considered feminine as it was originally combined with Gari papyracea.
Stangeri was named for William Stanger (surveyor). [4]
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