Photo credit: (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Gari convexa is a bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Gari convexa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 22 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–50 m · Deepest record: 50 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C
Photos
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Auckland War Memorial Museum, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Auckland War Memorial Museum · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Gari (Psammobia) convexa, Gari hodgei, Psammobia convexa
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 217 open-data records from 1934 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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