Barbatia is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.

Barbatia
Temporal range: Jurassic - Recent
Barbatia amygdalumtostum
Fossil of †Barbatia mytiloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Barbatia
Gray, 1847
Species

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This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic period to the Quaternary period (age range: 167.7 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Barbatia include:[2]

 
Barbatia trapezina

Extinct species

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Extinct species within the genus Barbatia include:[1]

  • Barbatia aegyptiaca Fourtau 1917
  • Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854
  • Barbatia axinaea Boettger 1883
  • Barbatia carolinensis Conrad 1849
  • Barbatia consutilis Tate 1886
  • Barbatia corvamnis Harris 1946
  • Barbatia crustata Tate 1886
  • Barbatia culleni Dey 1961
  • Barbatia deusseni Gardner 1927
  • Barbatia dissimilis Tate 1886
  • Barbatia gibba Martin 1879
  • Barbatia helblingi Bruguière 1789
  • Barbatia inglisia Richards and Palmer 1953
  • Barbatia irregularis Cossmann and Pissaro 1906
  • Barbatia kayalensis Dey 1961
  • Barbatia legayi Rigaux and Sauvage 1868
  • Barbatia lignitifera Aldrich 1908
  • Barbatia limatella Tate 1886
  • Barbatia ludoviciana
  • Barbatia malaiana Martin 1917
  • Barbatia mauryae Olsson 1922
  • Barbatia merriami Van Winkle [3]
  • Barbatia mytiloides (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Barbatia paradiagona Dockery 1982
  • Barbatia pistachia Lamarck 1819
  • Barbatia pumila Tate 1886
  • Barbatia quilonensis Dey 1961
  • Barbatia rembangensis Martin 1910
  • Barbatia seraperta Harris 1946
  • Barbatia simulans Tate 1886
  • Barbatia subtrigonalis Martin 1883
  • Barbatia sundaiana Martin 1916
  • Barbatia uxorispalmeri Stenzel and E. K. 1957
  • Barbatia wendti Lamy 1950

References

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  1. ^ a b Fossilworks
  2. ^ WoRMS
  3. ^ Van Winkle, K. E. H. 1918 "Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, Washington" University of Washington publications in geology 1(2)
  • NZ Mollusca
  • ITIS
  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8