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Barbatia

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Barbatia was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.

It was reranked as Arca (Barbatia) by Glenn (1904), Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer (1922), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Loel and Corey (1932) and Oostingh (1935).

It was assigned to Arca by Glenn (1904), Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer (1922), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Loel and Corey (1932) and Oostingh (1935); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Barbatiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); to Arcinae by Reinhart (1943), Gardner (1945), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Yamani (1982), Dockery (1982), Moore (1983), Squires (1987), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Coan et al. (2000), Tiwari (2001), Spencer et al. (2004) and Matsubara et al. (2010); and to Arcidae by Woods (1922), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Eames (1951), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Squires (1988), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Squires (1999), Squires (2001), Todd (2001), El Qot (2006) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Species
Arca (Barbatia) gracilicostata, Arca (Barbatia) nanggulanensis, Arca (Barbatia) oostinghi, Arca (Barbatia) tenuicrenata, B. (Barbatia) (syn. B. (Ustularca)), B. (Cucullaearca), B. (Diluvarca), B. (Granoarca), B. (Hawaiarca), B. (Mesocibota), B. (Obliquarca), B. aegyptiaca, B. aptiensis, B. aspera, B. axinaea, B. candida, B. carolinensis, B. consutilis, B. corvamnis, B. cowlitzensis, B. crustata, B. culleni, B. deusseni, B. dissimilis, B. foliata, B. geinitzi, B. gibba, B. glyphus, B. helblingi, B. illota, B. inglisia, B. irregularis, B. kayalensis, B. landesi, B. legayi, B. lignitifera, B. limatella, B. ludoviciana, B. malaiana, B. marylandica, B. mauryae, B. meridiana, B. mundeformata, B. nodai, B. paradiagona, B. pistachia, B. pseudoillota, B. pumila, B. quilonensis, B. rembangensis, B. seraperta, B. simulans, B. subtrigonalis, B. sundaiana, B. suzzalloi, B. uxorispalmeri, B. wendti
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. awamoana, B. beaugrandi, B. cochlearis, B. decussata, B. dejaeri, B. fractura, B. helblingii, B. kubara, B. laekeniana, B. laeviuscula, B. mackayi, B. palmerae, B. reklawensis, B. salebrosus, B. sorongensis, B. striatularis, B. textiliosa, B. thurrelli, B. uxoripalmeri, B. vincenti

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Barbatia Gray
1904Arca (Barbatia) Glenn p. 391
1922Arca (Barbatia) Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer p. 8
1922Barbatia Woods p. 62
1931Arca (Barbatia) Grant, IV and Gale p. 143
1932Arca (Barbatia) Loel and Corey
1935Arca (Barbatia) Oostingh p. 125
1938Abarbatia Dall et al.
1938Barbatia Turner p. 42
1939Barbatia Mukerjee p. 25
1943Barbatia Gardner p. 22
1943Barbatia Reinhart p. 14
1944Barbatia Durham p. 136
1945Barbatia Gardner p. 52
1951Barbatia Eames p. 329
1972Barbatia Hertlein and Grant p. 157
1977Barbatia Adegoke p. 219
1980Barbatia Vokes p. 11
1982Barbatia Dockery p. 30
1982Barbatia Yamani
1983Barbatia Moore p. A34
1987Barbatia Squires p. 55
1988Barbatia Squires p. 17
1992Barbatia Squires and Demetrion p. 36
1995Barbatia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 175
1998Barbatia Lamprell and Healy p. 44
1999Barbatia Squires p. 18
2000Barbatia Coan et al. p. 128
2001Barbatia Squires p. 15
2001Barbatia Tiwari p. 150
2001Barbatia Todd p. 16
2002Barbatia Sepkoski
2004Barbatia Spencer et al.
2006Barbatia El Qot p. 22
2010Barbatia Bouchet et al.
2010Barbatia Matsubara et al. p. 132
2024Barbatia Schnetler et al. p. 10

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

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.

G. Barbatia Gray 1842
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Subg. Barbatia (Cucullaearca) Conrad 1865
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Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana lasperlensis Sheldon and Maury in Maury 1922
Invalid names: Barbatia (Cucullaearca) bramkampi Durham 1950 [synonym]
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana velataformis Sheldon and Maury in Maury 1922
Cucullaearca candida Helbling 1779
Subg. Barbatia (Granoarca) Conrad 1862
Subg. Barbatia (Hawaiarca) Dall et al. 1938
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†Anadara (Hawaiarca) guajatica Sheldon and Maury 1920
Barbatia (Hawaiarca) alia Dall et al. 1938
Subg. †Barbatia (Mesocibota) Iredale 1939
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Invalid names: Arca signata Dunker 1868 [synonym]
†Mesocibota luana Iredale 1939
†Barbatia aegyptiaca Fourtau 1917
†Barbatia aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866
†Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854
†Barbatia axinaea Boettger 1883
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779
†Barbatia carolinensis Conrad 1849
†Barbatia consutilis Tate 1886
†Barbatia corvamnis Harris 1946
†Barbatia cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Barbatia crustata Tate 1886
†Barbatia culleni Dey 1961
†Barbatia deusseni Gardner 1927
†Barbatia dissimilis Tate 1886
Barbatia foliata Forsskal 1775
†Barbatia geinitzi Reuss 1844
†Barbatia gibba Martin 1879
†Barbatia glyphus Böhm 1891
†Barbatia helblingi Bruguière 1789
Barbatia illota Sowerby 1833
†Barbatia inglisia Richards and Palmer 1953
†Barbatia irregularis Cossmann and Pissaro 1906
†Barbatia kayalensis Dey 1961
†Barbatia landesi Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Barbatia legayi Rigaux and Sauvage 1868
†Barbatia lignitifera Aldrich 1908
†Barbatia limatella Tate 1886
†Barbatia malaiana Martin 1917
†Barbatia marylandica Conrad 1840
†Barbatia mauryae Olsson 1922
†Barbatia meridiana Woods 1906
†Barbatia mundeformata Laws 1939
†Barbatia nodai Matsubara et al. 2010
†Barbatia paradiagona Dockery 1982
†Barbatia pistachia Lamarck 1819
†Barbatia pseudoillota Reinhart 1937
†Barbatia pumila Tate 1886
†Barbatia rembangensis Martin 1910
†Barbatia seraperta Harris 1946
†Barbatia simulans Tate 1886
†Barbatia subtrigonalis Martin 1883
†Barbatia sundaiana Martin 1916
†Barbatia suzzalloi Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Barbatia uxorispalmeri Stenzel and E. K. 1957
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†Barbatia (Barbatia) uxorispalmeri Stenzel and E. K. 1957
†Barbatia wendti Lamy 1950
Invalid names: Abarbatia Dall et al. 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height113.722.009.203.002.31

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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Fassanian to the top of the Holocene or 242.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 235.0 Ma

Collections (713 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Croatia B. sp. (174766)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) B. sp. (204120)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) B. sp. (204110 204112)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) B. pratti (204105)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (167171)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) B. pratti (36550)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Kenya B. sp. (36460)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France B. tenuitexta (38738)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) B. legayi (96157 96175)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India B. sp. (68653)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India B. tenuitexta (68386)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2India B. sp. (67553)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France B. scabrella (8807)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France B. scabrella (8609)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France B. sp. (4082)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Bavaria) B. uhligi (95770 95771 95772 95773 95774 95775 95776)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain B. tenuitexta (36211)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) B. scabrella (4087) B. sp. (22737)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France B. clytia, B. subtexata (11084 11085)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) B. sp. (185668)