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Purple Sunset Clam
Gari stangeri
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.
From the article Gari stangeri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
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.
In human culture
The generic name Gari is of uncertain etymology, with none listed in the original description. It is an ancient Greek hapax legomenon for a city in northern Afghanistan. The gender is normally considered feminine as it was originally combined with Gari papyracea. Stangeri was named for William Stanger (surveyor).
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Gari stangeri in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 490467.