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Family: Psammobiidae sunset clams, sanguins



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79 species (see list below)
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Western Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Asaphis deflorata
[Gaudy asaphis]
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Asaphis dichotoma
[]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775)

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Asaphis violascens
[Pacific asaphis]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Gari amethystus
[]
No picture found
 
Gari anomala
[]
No picture found
 
Gari bornii
[Faeroe gary]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.9 cm SHL
 
Gari californica
[California sunsetclam]
No picture found
 
Gari castrensis
[]
No picture found
 
Gari chinensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Gari circe
[]
No picture found
 
Gari convexa
[Pink sunset shell]
No picture found
 
Gari costulata
[Ribbed sunset clam]

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Eastern Atlantic and the

Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)

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Gari depressa
[Depressed sunset clam]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Gari elongata (Lamarck, 1818)

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Gari elongata
[Elongate sunset clam]
No picture found
 
Gari eos
[]

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Northeast Atlantic and th

Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)

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Gari fervensis
[Faeroe sunset clam]
No picture found
 
Gari fucata
[Painted sunsetclam]
No picture found
 
Gari galatheae
[]
No picture found
 
Gari helenae
[]
No picture found
 
Gari inflata
[]
No picture found
 
Gari intermedia
[]

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Southwest Pacific

Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835)

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Gari lineolata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Gari linhares
[]

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Western Central Pacific

Gari livida (Lamarck, 1818)

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Gari livida
[]
No picture found
 
Gari maculosa
[]
No picture found
 
Gari maxima
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Gari occidens
[]
No picture found
 
Gari oriens
[]
No picture found
 
Gari pallida
[]
No picture found
 
Gari pennata
[]
No picture found
 
Gari pseudoweinkauffi
[]
No picture found
 
Gari pulcherrima
[]
No picture found
 
Gari pusilla
[]
No picture found
 
Gari rasilis
[]
No picture found
 
Gari reevei
[]
No picture found
 
Gari schepmani
[]
No picture found
 
Gari sibogai
[]
No picture found
 
Gari solida
[Pacific clam]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Gari squamosa (Lamarck, 1818)

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Gari squamosa
[Squamose sunset clam]
No picture found
 
Gari stangeri
[Purple sunset shell]
No picture found
 
Gari tellinella
[]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm SHL
Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855)

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Gari togata
[Courtesan sunset clam]
No picture found
 
Gari tonkiniensis
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Gari truncata (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Gari truncata
[Truncate sunset clam]
No picture found
 
Gari virescens
[]
No picture found
 
Gobraeus kazusensis
[]
No picture found
 
Grammatomya pulcherrima
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Heterodonax bimaculatus
[False-bean]

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East Pacific.

Heterodonax pacificus (Conrad, 1837)

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Heterodonax pacificus
[Pacific false-bean]
No picture found
 
Heteroglypta contraria
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula acuta
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula boeddinghausi
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula chinensis
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula minor
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula nitida
[Shining sunset shell]
No picture found
 
Hiatula petalina
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula rosea
[]
No picture found
 
Hiatula siliquens
[]
No picture found
 
Nuttallia japonica
[Purple olive clam]
No picture found
 
Nuttallia nuttallii
[California mahogany-clam]

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Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Nuttallia obscurata (Reeve, 1857)

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Nuttallia obscurata
[Purple mahogany-clam]
No picture found
 
Nuttallia olivacea
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Plebidonax deltoides (Lamarck, 1818)

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Plebidonax deltoides
[Goolwa Donax]
No picture found
 
Psammacola vespertina
[]
No picture found
 
Psammobia fervensis
[]
No picture found
 
Psammobia radiata
[]
No picture found
 
Psammotellina ambigua
[]
No picture found
 
Psammotellina pallens
[]
No picture found
 
Sanguinolaria atrata
[]
No picture found
 
Sanguinolaria castanea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Sanguinolaria cruenta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.4 cm DL
 
Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta
[Atlantic sanguin]
No picture found
 
Sanguinolaria sanquinolenta
[]
No picture found
 
Sanguinolaria tchangsii
[]
No picture found
 
Sanguinolaria virescens
[]
No picture found
 
Soletellina boeddinghausi
[]
No picture found
 
Soletellina chinensis
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm SHL
Soletellina diphos (Linnaeus, 1771)

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Soletellina diphos
[Diphos sanguin]
No picture found
 
Soletellina subradiata
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Asaphis deflorata Gaudy asaphis Western Indian Ocean and 6.7 DL 1758
Asaphis dichotoma Indo-West Pacific. 1838
Asaphis violascens Pacific asaphis Indo-Pacific 11 SHL 1775
Gari amethystus Indo-West Pacific 4 TL 1815
Gari anomala Indo-West Pacific. 1855
Gari bornii Faeroe gary Eastern Central Atlantic 1791
Gari californica California sunsetclam Northeast Pacific 14.9 SHL 1849
Gari castrensis Western Central Pacific 1794
Gari chinensis Western Central Pacific 1855
Gari circe Western Central Atlantic 4 DL 1876
Gari convexa Pink sunset shell Southwest Pacific 1857
Gari costulata Ribbed sunset clam Northeast Atlantic, Medit 1822
Gari depressa Depressed sunset clam Eastern Atlantic and the 1777
Gari elongata Elongate sunset clam Indo-West Pacific 7 SHL 1818
Gari eos Western Central Pacific 1993
Gari fervensis Faeroe sunset clam Northeast Atlantic and th 1791
Gari fucata Painted sunsetclam East Pacific. 1845
Gari galatheae Southwest Pacific 1958
Gari helenae Southeast Pacific 1961
Gari inflata Indo-West Pacific 1880
Gari intermedia Mediterranean Sea. 1855
Gari lineolata Southwest Pacific 1835
Gari linhares Western Atlantic. 4.5 DL 1998
Gari livida Western Central Pacific 1818
Gari maculosa Indo-West Pacific. 1818
Gari maxima Indo-West Pacific. 1855
Gari occidens Indo-Pacific 6 TL 1791
Gari oriens Western Central Pacific 1855
Gari pallida Indo-West Pacific. 1855
Gari pennata Indo-Pacific 1855
Gari pseudoweinkauffi Mediterranean Sea. 1989
Gari pulcherrima Indo-West Pacific 1855
Gari pusilla Western Pacific. 1880
Gari rasilis Eastern Indian Ocean 1899
Gari reevei Indo-West Pacific 1897
Gari schepmani Western Pacific. 1932
Gari sibogai Western Central Pacific 1932
Gari solida Pacific clam Southeast Pacific 1828
Gari squamosa Squamose sunset clam Indo-Pacific 3.5 SHL 1818
Gari stangeri Purple sunset shell Southwest Pacific 1843
Gari tellinella Northeast Atlantic and th 1818
Gari togata Courtesan sunset clam Western Pacific 10.5 SHL 1855
Gari tonkiniensis Western Pacific 1978
Gari truncata Truncate sunset clam Indo-West Pacific 5 SHL 1767
Gari virescens Western Central Pacific 1855
Gobraeus kazusensis Northwest Pacific 1922
Grammatomya pulcherrima Indo-Pacific. 1854
Heterodonax bimaculatus False-bean North America. 1.6 DL 1758
Heterodonax pacificus Pacific false-bean East Pacific. 1837
Heteroglypta contraria Western Pacific. Tropica 1863
Hiatula acuta Northwest Pacific 1985
Hiatula boeddinghausi Northwest Pacific 1870
Hiatula chinensis Western Pacific 1854
Hiatula minor Western Pacific 1854
Hiatula nitida Shining sunset shell Southwest Pacific 1843
Hiatula petalina Western Central Pacific 1855
Hiatula rosea Western Indian Ocean. In 1791
Hiatula siliquens Southwest Pacific 1993
Nuttallia japonica Purple olive clam Northwest Pacific. 1857
Nuttallia nuttallii California mahogany-clam East Pacific. 1837
Nuttallia obscurata Purple mahogany-clam Northeast Pacific 5.5 SHL 1857
Nuttallia olivacea Northwest Pacific 1856
Plebidonax deltoides Goolwa Donax Indo-West Pacific 7 SHL 1818
Psammacola vespertina Northwest Pacific 1791
Psammobia fervensis Mediterranean Sea 1791
Psammobia radiata Indo-West Pacific. 1845
Psammotellina ambigua Western Pacific. 1857
Psammotellina pallens Western Pacific. 1897
Sanguinolaria atrata Western Pacific. 1857
Sanguinolaria castanea Western Pacific 1965
Sanguinolaria cruenta Western Atlantic 7.5 DL 1786
Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta Atlantic sanguin North America. 5.4 DL 1791
Sanguinolaria sanquinolenta Western Central Atlantic 1791
Sanguinolaria tchangsii Western Pacific 1965
Sanguinolaria virescens Northwest Pacific 1854
Soletellina boeddinghausi Northwest Pacific 1870
Soletellina chinensis Northwest Pacific 1853
Soletellina diphos Diphos sanguin Indo-West Pacific 12 SHL 1771
Soletellina subradiata Mediterranean Sea. 1857



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