Alternative combinations: Navicula aspera, Navicula aspersa
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Barbatia (Acar) according to G. D. Harris and K. V. Palmer 1946
See also Conrad 1854 and Conrad 1856
Sister taxa: Acar bailyi, Acar celleporacea, Acar congenita, Acar domingensis, Acar lamellosa, Acar plicata, Acar rostrae, Acar sandersonae, Arca (Acar) cheribonensis, Arca (Acar) pusilla, Barbatia (Acar) bailyi, Barbatia (Acar) dentiens, Barbatia (Acar) gradata, Barbatia (Acar) micronodosa, Barbatia (Acar) reinharti, Barbatia (Acar) trapeziformis
Type specimen: USNM 353949, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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