Alternative combinations: Arca (Barbatia) fusca, Arca fusca, Barbatia (Barbatia) fusca, Barbatia fusca, Byssoarca fusca
Belongs to Barbatia (Ustularca) according to T. Okutaini 2000
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913, Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Skwarko 1994
Sister taxa: Barbatia (Barbatia) adamsiana, Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Barbatia (Barbatia) bonaczyi, Barbatia (Barbatia) cancellaria, Barbatia (Barbatia) costellata, Barbatia (Barbatia) delepida, Barbatia (Barbatia) endomena, Barbatia (Barbatia) ewekoroensis, Barbatia (Barbatia) glimmerodensis, Barbatia (Barbatia) interrupta, Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata, Barbatia (Barbatia) islopa, Barbatia (Barbatia) lacerata, Barbatia (Barbatia) lima, Barbatia (Barbatia) lurida, Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei, Barbatia (Barbatia) nattheimensis, Barbatia (Barbatia) nigeriensis, Barbatia (Barbatia) obliquaria, Barbatia (Barbatia) picota, Barbatia (Barbatia) propatula, Barbatia (Barbatia) propertua, Barbatia (Barbatia) uhligi, Barbatia (Barbatia) vespertilio, Barbatia (Barbatia) yoloyei, Barbatia (Ustularca) stearnsii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Eritrea (1), India (1), Japan (3), Kenya (10), the Seychelles (4), Sudan (1), Tonga (2), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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