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Gari (Gobraeus) californica (sunset clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Psammobia californica Conrad
1925Psammobia (Gobraeus) californica Oldroyd p. 7
1950Gari californica Woodring and Bramlette
2003Gari (Gobraeus) californica Moore figs. pl. 9, fig. 9
2021Gari (Gobraeus) californica Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusGariSchumacher 1817
subgenusGobraeus(Brown 1844)
speciescalifornica(Conrad 1849)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gari (Gobraeus) californica Conrad 1849 [sunset clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:32:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:32:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Gari californica (97235)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Gari californica (200398)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Gari californica (189762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Psammobia californica (231899)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Gari californica (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Gari californica (37937 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Psammobia californica (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gari californica (160361 240555)