Alternative combinations: Arca (Calloarca) candida, Arca candida, Barbatia (Cucullaearca) candida
Belongs to Barbatia according to W. P. Woodring 1973
See also Massemin et al. 2009, Olsson 1922 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Arca (Barbatia) gracilicostata, Arca (Barbatia) nanggulanensis, Arca (Barbatia) oostinghi, Arca (Barbatia) tenuicrenata, Barbatia (Barbatia), Barbatia (Cucullaearca), Barbatia (Diluvarca), Barbatia (Granoarca), Barbatia (Hawaiarca), Barbatia (Mesocibota), Barbatia (Obliquarca), Barbatia aegyptiaca, Barbatia aptiensis, Barbatia aspera, Barbatia axinaea, Barbatia carolinensis, Barbatia consutilis, Barbatia corvamnis, Barbatia cowlitzensis, Barbatia crustata, Barbatia culleni, Barbatia deusseni, Barbatia dissimilis, Barbatia foliata, Barbatia geinitzi, Barbatia gibba, Barbatia glyphus, Barbatia helblingi, Barbatia illota, Barbatia inglisia, Barbatia irregularis, Barbatia kayalensis, Barbatia landesi, Barbatia legayi, Barbatia lignitifera, Barbatia limatella, Barbatia ludoviciana, Barbatia malaiana, Barbatia marylandica, Barbatia mauryae, Barbatia meridiana, Barbatia mundeformata, Barbatia nodai, Barbatia paradiagona, Barbatia pistachia, Barbatia pseudoillota, Barbatia pumila, Barbatia quilonensis, Barbatia rembangensis, Barbatia seraperta, Barbatia simulans, Barbatia subtrigonalis, Barbatia sundaiana, Barbatia suzzalloi, Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Barbatia wendti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections), Cayman Islands (1), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Italy (4)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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