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Gari (Gobraeus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Gobraeus was named by Brown (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 864]. It is extant. Its type is Solen vespertinus.

It was reranked as Psammobia (Gobraeus) by Oldroyd (1925); it was reranked as Gari (Gobraeus) by Woodring (1982), Moore (2003), Hendy (2020).

It was assigned to Psammobia by Oldroyd (1925); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gari by Woodring (1982), Moore (2003), Hendy (2020).

Subtaxa
Gari (Gobraeus) californica, Gari (Gobraeus) columbiana, Gari (Gobraeus) cowlitzensis, Gari (Gobraeus) diegoensis, Gari (Gobraeus) eoundulata, Gari (Gobraeus) fucata (syn. Gari edentula), Gari (Gobraeus) hornii, Gari (Gobraeus) listrota, Gari (Gobraeus) loustauae, Gari (Gobraeus) maxima, Gari (Gobraeus) texta, Gari (Gobraeus) vespertinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Gari angusta, Gari angusta, Gari aucklandica, Gari blainvillii, Gari compressa, Gari convexa, Gari costulata, Gari cousobrinum, Gari crassula, Gari debilis, Gari depressa, Gari duponti, Gari ebora, Gari eborea, Gari elatior, Gari elongata, Gari elongata, Gari fervensis, Gari filosum, Gari fischeri, Gari fischeri, Gari gubernatoria, Gari hamiltonensis, Gari harrisi, Gari hoeferi, Gari horni, Gari jacksonense, Gari jacksonensis, Gari jacksonensis, Gari kamtschatica, Gari kazusensis, Gari labordei, Gari labordei, Gari lineolata, Gari merklini, Gari natensis, Gari nitens, Gari noetlingi, Gari oamarutica, Gari obtusalis, Gari ovriensis, Gari ozarkana, Gari ozarkana, Gari papyria, Gari preangerensis, Gari preangerensis, Gari protracta, Gari pulchella, Gari smithi, Gari solida, Gari truncata, Gari uniradiata, Gobraeus brabantinus, Gobraeus dejaeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Gobraeus Brown p. 102
1925Psammobia (Gobraeus) Oldroyd p. 7
1982Gari (Gobraeus) Woodring p. 672
2002Gobraeus Sepkoski
2003Gari (Gobraeus) Moore
2020Gari (Gobraeus) 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)

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.

Subg. Gari (Gobraeus) Brown 1844
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Gari (Gobraeus) californica Conrad 1849 [sunset clam]
†Gari (Gobraeus) columbiana Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Gari (Gobraeus) cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Gari (Gobraeus) fucata Hinds 1845 [painted sunsetclam]
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Invalid names: Gari edentula Gabb 1869 [synonym]
†Gari (Gobraeus) listrota Woodring 1982
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†Gari (Gobraeus) loustauae Cossmann 1906
Gari (Gobraeus) maxima Deshayes 1855
†Gari (Gobraeus) texta Gabb 1864
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (139 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Gobraeus dejaeri (26879)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Psammobia hornii (190798 193035)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Psammobia hornii (190775 190795) Tellina hornii (190773)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Gari hornii (52612)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Gari ozarkana (98308)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Gari hornii (200792 200795 200796 200800 200803 200804 200807 200873 200919)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Gari eoundulata (178752 201250) Gari hornii (122294) Gari texta (51928 122656) Psammobia hornii (122337 122339) Psammobia sp. (52421 52422 52423 52426)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Gari hornii (200884)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Gari hornii (50078)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Tellina hornii (241812 241813 241824)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Psammobia hornii (91476 190801 207112 207116 207123 207124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Gari hornii (200870 200890 201033 201040 201041)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Gari hornii (194413 194416 200738 200742 200744 200745 200749 200751 200754 200758 200759 200760 200761 200763 200764 200765 200766 202094) Gari texta (51922) Gari texta, Gari eoundulata (8012)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Gobraeus sp. (77611)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Gari hornii (43346)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Gari columbiana (203164) Gari cowlitzensis (52207) Psammobia columbiana (201130) Psammobia cowlitzensis (207129) Psammobia hornii (139020) Tellina hornii (238094)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Gari hornii (52828) Gari hornii, Gari diegoensis (52803) Psammobia hornii (122295)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Gari jacksonensis (91115 205501)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Gari blainvillii (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Gari columbiana (200859 200867 200868 200920)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Psammobia hornii (241816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mexico (Baja California Sur) Tellina hornii (43759)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Gari listrota (42531 42532 42533 42534 42537)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Psammobia hornii, Gari cowlitzensis (202067)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Gari jacksonensis (91879)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Gari sp. (52626)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Gari nitens (9180)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Gari kazusensis (70518)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Gobraeus brabantinus (111373)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Panama Gari listrota (42558)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Gari listrota (42557)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Gari sp. (42624 42631)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Gari edentula (39805)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Gari labordei (51687)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Gari sp. (82121)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Psammobia edentula (220197)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Gari californica (97235) Gari endentula (97402)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Gari depressa (86802)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Gari fucata (214258 214260)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) Gari crassula (41650)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Gari californica (200398) Gari edentula (238456 238606)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Gari depressa (86804 86805)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Gari edentula (186031) Gobraeus endentulus (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Gari californica (189762) Gari fucata (214277 214278 214279 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Psammobia californica (231899) Psammobia edentula (168757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Gari sp. (80033)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Gari californica (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Gari californica (37937 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Gari edentula (71053 96894 203114) Psammobia californica (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gari californica (240555) Gari edentula (59063) Gari edentula, Gari californica (160361) Psammobia edentula (96566 222660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Gari maxima (160394 160395)