Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa

Psammobiidae

Gari occidens

(Gmelin, 1791)

Shell: medium to large, ranging from 80-105 mm.

Specimens

Shag Rock, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1999
found dead on sand and coarse shell grit in 9m of water

Perfect Lagoon 21-186, Australia
Size: 80mm Collected: 2012
In sand at 10m dead collected.

Pelorus Island, Australia
Size: 105mm Collected: 1986
In sand at 20m dead collected. 2 valves from different specimens.

Olango Island, Philippines
Size: 90mm Collected: 2018
Taken by Hookah diver