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Barbatia (Destacar) mella

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Barbatia (Destacar) mella was named by Hedley (1917) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9687].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Arca juliana, Arca juliania, Arca melaviensis, Arca nivea, B. alfredensis, B. auversiensis, B. aviculina, B. awamoana, B. balli, B. barbatula, B. baudoniana, B. bernayi, B. bicolorata, B. caelata, B. clathrata, B. clytia, B. cochlearis, B. complanata, B. corneti, B. coxi, B. cylindracea, B. decora, B. decussata, B. degrangei, B. dejaeri, B. depressa, B. disclusa, B. eichwaldi, B. esnaensis, B. forchammeri, B. formosa, B. fractura, B. geulemensis, B. hawaia, B. helblingii, B. hibiharensis, B. inaequidentata, B. incomatensis, B. incomposita, B. kubara, B. laekeniana, B. lamellosa, B. laminata, B. lindae, B. lintea, B. mackayi, B. manzourensis, B. marullensis, B. mastrichtiana, B. micronema, B. modioloiformis, B. morgani, B. nivea, B. nodulosa, B. oahua, B. obtusoides, B. osawanoensis, B. palmerae, B. praenominata, B. praescabra, B. pratti, B. pulchella, B. punctifera, B. pusilla, B. reklawensis, B. rigaulti, B. rossii, B. rostae, B. rotundata, B. rutoti, B. salebrosus, B. scabrella, B. scabrosa, B. schwabenaui, B. sorongensis, B. striatularis, B. subhelbingi, B. subradiata, B. subtexata, B. syrmica, B. tauroclatthrata, B. tenuistriata, B. tenuitexta, B. textiliosa, B. tramitensis, B. uetsukiensis, B. uniopsis, B. uxoripalmeri, B. vincenti, B. wenki, B. decussata, B. hendersoni, B. barbata, B. clathrata, B. contorta, B. divaricata, B. gunsoni, B. hennigi, B. lyelli, B. nana, B. radula, B. salebrosus, B. salebrosus, B. amygdalumtosum, B. appendiculata, B. appendiculata, B. beaugrandi, B. bernayi, B. bourgueti, B. decussata, B. empolensis, B. forchammeri, B. laeviuscula, B. modioloides, B. mytiloides, B. pandorae, B. philippiana, B. rigaulti, B. scabrosa, B. tenuistriata, B. thurrelli, B. uxoripalmeri, B. lenensis, B. biloba, B. krishtofovichae, B. reklawensis, B. reklawensis, B. vincenti, B. perinopinata, B. millifila, B. propatula, B. dentata, B. modioliformis, B. polymorpha, B. arcula, B. lintea, B. rhomboidell, B. rhomboilella, B. vaughani, B. candida, B. roncana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Barbatia (Destacar) mella Hedley
1998Barbatia (Destacar) mella Lamprell and Healy p. 50

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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
subfamilyArcinaeLamarck 1809
genusBarbatia(Iredale 1936)
subgenusDestacar
speciesmellaHedley 1917

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: stationarysubf
Attached: yessubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-08-18 18:09:02
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:09:02
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008
Collections
No collection or age range data are available