Alternative combination: Barbatia cliffensis
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Barbatia (Cucullaearca) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Reinhart 1943, Squires 1987 and Squires 1988
Sister taxa: Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides, Barbatia (Cucullaearca) lima, Barbatia (Cucullaearca) mississippiensis, Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana, Cucullaearca candida
Type specimen: UCMP 31076 - 31081 (cotypes). Its type locality is UCR loc. 4922, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ardath Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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