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Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Barbatia morsei was named by Gabb (1864).

It was recombined as Barbatia (Obliquarca) morsei by Reinhart (1943); it was recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei by Moore (1983), Squires (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. awamoana, B. cochlearis, B. decussata, B. dejaeri, B. fractura, B. helblingii, B. kubara, B. laekeniana, B. mackayi, B. palmerae, B. reklawensis, B. salebrosus, B. sorongensis, B. striatularis, B. textiliosa, B. vincenti, B. salebrosus, B. beaugrandi, B. laeviuscula, B. thurrelli, B. uxoripalmeri, B. reklawensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Barbatia morsei Gabb
1927	Barbatia morsei Hanna pp. 272 - 273 figs. Plate 25, figures 10, 11, 13, and 14
1930	Barbatia morsei Stewart p. 87 figs. Plate 8, fig. 7
1938	Barbatia morsei Turner p. 42
1943	Barbatia (Obliquarca) morsei Reinhart p. 30 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 4
1983	Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei Moore p. A34 figs. Plate 5, figure 7
1999	Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei Squires p. 18 figs. Figure 26

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Barbatia	Gray 1842
subgenus	Barbatia	Gray 1842
species	morsei	()

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.

†Barbatia (Barbatia) morsei Gabb 1864

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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:

2004-02-29 17:10:35

Modified:

2009-09-09 11:04:23

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Barbatia morsei (78722 178748 185192)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (California)	Barbatia morsei (207117)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	Barbatia morsei (210283 210285)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Oregon)	Barbatia morsei (200870 200892 200914 201039)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (California)	Barbatia morsei (239766)