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Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca cuculloides was named by Conrad (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 30519, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides by Renick and Stenzel (1931), Mansfield (1940) and Harris (1951); it was recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides by Reinhart (1935) and Jung (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Arca cuculloides Conrad p. 37
1848Arca cuculloides Conrad
1919Arca cuculloides Harris p. 54
1931Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides Renick and Stenzel p. 104
1935Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Reinhart p. 27
1940Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides Mansfield p. 174
1951Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides Harris p. 15
1965Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Jung p. 422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
genusBarbatiaGray 1842
subgenusCucullaearca(Conrad 1865)
speciescuculloides(Conrad 1833)

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.

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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: 2009-09-09 09:04:33
Modified: 2009-09-09 11:04:33
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 61.60000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Barbatia cuculloides (205499)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Arca cuculloides (98692 98915 98929 99717 99725 101126 101129 105503)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Barbatia cuculloides (80495 90818)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Barbatia cuculloides (91845)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Barbatia cuculloides (80776 80792 194354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Barbatia cuculloides (98334)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Barbatia cuculloides (3534 90305 91115 205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Barbatia cuculloides (5366 5367)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Barbatia cuculloides (3533 90704 164232 178662 205535)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Barbatia cuculloides (5344 5354)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Barbatia cuculloides (60825)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Barbatia cuculloides (205613)