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Gari togata
Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855)
Courtesan sunset clam
Gari togata
photo by FAO

Family:  Psammobiidae (sunset clams, sanguins)
Max. size:  10.5 cm SHL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 10 m
Distribution:  Western Pacific: from Indonesia to Western Polynesia; north to China and south to northern New South Wales and New Caledonia.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Deep burrowing in thick muddy substrates. Commonly forming mixed populations with the greenish glauconmya (Glauconome virens (Linnaeus)), a species with considerable external similarity, but absent from reduced salinity areas of estuaries (Ref. 348).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

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