Barbatia

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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Barbatia
Gray, 1847
Species

See text.

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

Species within the genus Barbatia include:[2]

Barbatia trapezina

Extinct species

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
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References
  1. 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


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