Alternative combinations: Arca domingensis, Barbatia (Acar) domingensis, Barbatia domingensis
Synonyms: Acar reticulata Gmelin 1792, Arca (Acar) reticulata Gmelin 1792, Arca (Barbatia) reticulata Gmelin 1792, Arca reticulata Gmelin 1792, Barbatia (Acar) reticulata Gmelin 1792
Belongs to Acar according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Harris 1919, Mansfield 1940, Maury 1917, Maury 1920, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Acar bailyi, Acar celleporacea, Acar congenita, Acar lamellosa, Acar plicata, Acar rostrae, Acar sandersonae, Arca (Acar) cheribonensis, Arca (Acar) pusilla, Barbatia (Acar) aspera, Barbatia (Acar) bailyi, Barbatia (Acar) dentiens, Barbatia (Acar) gradata, Barbatia (Acar) micronodosa, Barbatia (Acar) reinharti, Barbatia (Acar) trapeziformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (9), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (2), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Northern Mariana Islands (2), Panama (3), Puerto Rico (2), United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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