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Barbatia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Arcoida
    Superfamily:  
Arcacea
    Family:  
Arcidae
    Subfamily:  
Arcinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Barbatia GRAY, 1842
    Type Species:  
A. barbata Linné, 1758, SD GRAY, 1857


Images

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Fig. C2,6. *B. (B) barbata (LINNE), Rec., Medit.; 6a,b, LV ext., int., Xl, X2 (Newell, n).


Synonyms

Modioliformia, Granoarca, Plagiarca, ?Soldania, Savignyarca, Asperarca, Obliquarca, Pugilarca, Destacar, Abarbatia, ?Hawaiarca, ?Nipponarca, Barbarca, Barbatirus, Mimarcaria, Opularca, Thronacar, lacksonarca, Tucetonella


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Trias., Jur.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Induan
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
251.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Small, elongate, ovoid, inequilateral, generally equiva1ve, but rarely RV is slightly smaller than LV; terminations rounded or subangular and slightly expanded; ornamentation costellate, commonly fine.




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