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Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca appendiculata was named by Sowerby (1820) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Barbatia appendiculata by Glibert (1933); it was recombined as Arca (Barbatia) appendiculata by Glibert (1936); it was recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata by Glibert (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. awamoana, B. cochlearis, B. decussata, B. dejaeri, B. fractura, B. helblingii, B. kubara, B. laekeniana, B. mackayi, B. palmerae, B. reklawensis, B. salebrosus, B. sorongensis, B. striatularis, B. textiliosa, B. vincenti, B. beaugrandi, B. laeviuscula, B. thurrelli, B. uxoripalmeri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1820	Arca appendiculata Sowerby
1933	Barbatia appendiculata Glibert p. 120
1936	Arca (Barbatia) appendiculata Glibert p. 21
1985	Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Glibert p. 269

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Barbatia	Gray 1842
subgenus	Barbatia	Gray 1842
species	appendiculata	(Sowerby 1820)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

intermediatef

Folds:

minorf

Ribbing:

majorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2004-02-29 17:10:35

Modified:

2009-09-09 11:04:23

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 55.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium	Barbatia appendiculata (77608)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	55.8 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Barbatia appendiculata (3257 3258)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	Barbatia appendiculata (8047 8048 8124 8125)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Belgium	Barbatia appendiculata (77611 77612 77613)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Oise)	Barbatia appendiculata (3494)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France	Barbatia appendiculata (78567)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	United Kingdom (England)	Barbatia appendiculata (42644)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Bulgaria	Barbatia appendiculata (102289)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Italy	Barbatia appendiculata (78565)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Romania	Barbatia appendiculata (102026)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Burgas)	Barbatia appendiculata (85445 102230)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Barbatia appendiculata (42640)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Romania	Barbatia appendiculata (101975)