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Barbatia candida

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Barbatia (Cucullaearca) candida was named by Helbling (1779). It is extant.

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. beaugrandi, B. laeviuscula, B. thurrelli, B. uxoripalmeri

Synonymy list

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
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
species	candida	(Helbling 1779)

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 candida Helbling 1779

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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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Italy	Barbatia candida (178108 178110 178111)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Italy	Barbatia candida (178112)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Barbatia candida (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Trinidad and Tobago	Barbatia candida (60413 60415)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Barbatia candida (80084)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Arca candida (134667)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Haiti	Barbatia candida (66810)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Barbatia candida (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (Florida)	Barbatia candida (59484)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (Florida)	Barbatia candida (61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Venezuela (Sucre)	Barbatia candida (41556)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Dominican Republic	Arca candida (75422)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Cuba	Arca candida (66768 66775)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Haiti	Barbatia candida (60880 60887)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Florida)	Barbatia candida (67069)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Bermuda	Barbatia candida (67947 67961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Jamaica	Barbatia candida (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Cayman Islands	Barbatia candida (80837)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Florida)	Barbatia candida (97607)