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Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca fusca was named by Bruguiére (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Indonesia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Barbatia fusca by Schepman (1907); it was recombined as Byssoarca fusca by Brown and Pilsbry (1913); it was recombined as Arca (Barbatia) fusca by Beets (1941); it was recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) fusca by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca by Higo et al. (1999), Okutaini (2000).

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, Ustularca cruciata
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-01-10; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-11-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Arca fusca Bruguiére
1907Barbatia fusca Schepman p. 198
1913Byssoarca fusca Brown and Pilsbry
1941Arca (Barbatia) fusca Beets p. 5
1994Barbatia (Barbatia) fusca Skwarko p. c19
1999Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Higo et al.
2000Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Okutaini p. 847

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
genusBarbatiaGray 1842
subgenusUstularcaGray 1842
speciesfusca(Bruguiére 1792)

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: 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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Barbatia fusca (63040)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Barbatia fusca (70078)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Barbatia fusca (70123)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Barbatia fusca (68180)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Barbatia fusca (72101 72106)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Barbatia fusca (101417)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Barbatia fusca (278851)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Barbatia fusca (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Barbatia fusca (55375 55376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Barbatia fusca (81036 81072 81074 81075 81077 81079 81081 81093 81094 81098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Arca fusca (88886 96943 96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Arca fusca (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Arca fusca (96436 96472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Barbatia fusca (80966 81006 81007 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) Arca fusca (107971)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Guangdong) Arca fusca (97527)