| Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777) |
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| Norway to South Africa, Canarias to Mediterranean. Deposit feeder, in silty sand or shell gravel in sheltered areas, subtidal to 30m deep. Original taxon: Tellina depressa. 2-5m deep, Duče, south-east of Split, S. Croatia. 60mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR). – CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| Synonyms: florida, variabilis, vespertinalis, vespertinus, vesperus (refers to twilight, evening skies)… In gravel at 3-5m deep, Frioul island, Marseille, Provence, S. France. 34-38mm. |
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| Fresh dead shells collected in beachstormed grit among gravel, Cap d’Agde, S. France. 22-29mm. Mediterranean specimens seem thinner and darker than atlantic ones. |
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| Variations in shapes and sunsets. 20m deep, off Almería, Andalucia. 46-47mm. |
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| A specimen from English Channel: fished on coarse sand beds,1-2 feet below the low tide line, 300m off Bon Secours Beach, Saint-Malo, N. Brittany, NW. France. 48mm. |
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| Extreme low tide, Les Moires, Saint-Malo. 50-53mm. |
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| A specimen dredged off East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. 49mm. |
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| Mediterranean specimens have a distinctive pattern. This pair was collected, trapped in some giant broken jars of an ancient warehouse, “Sunken City of Epidaur”, southern bay, Dimos Archaias Epidavrou, NE. Peloponnese, Greece. 33-35mm. |
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| The original description of Tellina depressa by T. Pennant is quite odd: « Tellina with a very thick depressed oblong shell ; white ; with concentric striae. [Tab. xlvii. fig. 27] » – T. Pennant: British zoology vol. IV, London 1777, via BHL. |
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| Lux vespertina in Chemnitz & Martini: Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet VI, Nürnberg 1782: « Testa ovali, transversim striata, ex purpureo et albido radiata, intus violacea, cardine in altera valvula unidentato [bottom], in altera bidentato. » – Source: BHL. |
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| Babies from La Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 4,8-8,2mm. Original pictures provided by A. Bertrand (FR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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| Sunset Clams in J. G. Hidalgo: Moluscos marinos de España, Portugal y las Baleares Madrid 1870, via BHL. |
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| 6-8m deep, on black sand, La Garita, Telde, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. 27mm. |
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| Psammobia vespertina in G. P. Deshayes: “Hist. Nat. Mollusques t. I”, Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie, Paris 1844-1867, via BHL. |
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| Brač island, Split-Dalmatia Comitat, S. Croatia. 38,3mm. Original picture provided by A. Wakefield (UK). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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