''Barbatia'' is a

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of "bearded"

ark clam Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide. The shells of ark clams are of ...

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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s in the

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Arcidae, the ark clams. This genus is known in the fossil record from the

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period to the

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period (age range: 167.7 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

Species

Species within the genus ''Barbatia'' include:WoRMS
/ref> *'' Barbatia amygdalumtostum'' ( Röding, 1798) *'' Barbatia barbata'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) *'' Barbatia bullata'' ( Reeve, 1844) *'' Barbatia cancellaria'' (

Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

, 1819) - red-brown ark *''

Barbatia candida ''Barbatia candida'', or the White-bearded ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Texas, including the West Indies The West Indies is a subregi ...

'' (Helbling, 1779) - white-beard ark *'' Barbatia clathrata'' *'' Barbatia cometa'' ( Reeve, 1844) *'' Barbatia complanata '' ( Bruguière, 1789) *'' Barbatia divaricata'' (Sowerby, 1833) *'' Barbatia decussata'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) *'' Barbatia domingensis'' (

, 1819) - white miniature ark *'' Barbatia foliata'' (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) *'' Barbatia fusca'' Bruguière *'' Barbatia gabonensis'' Oliver & Cosel, 1993 *''

Barbatia gibba ''Barbatia'' is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams. This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic period to the Quaternary period (age range: 167.7 to 0.0 million years ago) ...

'' (Martin, 1879) † *'' Barbatia gradata'' *'' Barbatia grayana''

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, 1867 *'' Barbatia hachijoensis'' Hatai, Niino & Kotaka in Niino, 1952 *'' Barbatia hawaia'' Dall,

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, 1938 *'' Barbatia illota'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) *'' Barbatia lacerata'' ( Bruguière, 1789) *'' Barbatia legumen'' (Lamy, 1907) *'' Barbatia lurida'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) *'' Barbatia molokaia'' Dall,

, 1938 *'' Barbatia novaezelandiae'' ( E.A. Smith, 1915) - New Zealand ark *'' Barbatia oahua'' Dall,

, 1938 *''

Barbatia obliquata ''Barbatia obliquata'' is a species of bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell ...

'' (

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, 1828) *'' Barbatia parva'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) *'' Barbatia parvivillosa'' ( Iredale, 1939) *'' Barbatia perinesa'' Oliver & Chesney, 1994 *'' Barbatia pistachia'' (

, 1819) *'' Barbatia platei'' (Stempell, 1899) *'' Barbatia plicata'' ( Dillwyn, 1817) *'' Barbatia pyrrhotus'' Oliver & Holmes, 2004 *'' Barbatia reeveana'' (

d'Orbigny Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...

, 1846) - low-rib ark *'' Barbatia revelata'' (Deshayes in Maillard, 1863) *'' Barbatia scazon'' ( Iredale, 1939, 1939) *'' Barbatia sculpturata'' Turton, 1932 *'' Barbatia setigera'' ( Reeve, 1844) *'' Barbatia solidula''

, 1868 *'' Barbatia stearnsi'' (

Pilsbry Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a centu ...

, 1895) *'' Barbatia tenera'' ( C. B. Adams, 1845) - delicate ark, doc bales ark *'' Barbatia terebrans'' ( Iredale, 1939, 1939) *'' Barbatia trapezina'' (

, 1819) *'' Barbatia virescens'' ( Reeve, 1844) Barbatia foliata 003

Extinct species

Extinct species within the genus ''Barbatia'' include:Fossilworks
/ref> * †''Barbatia aegyptiaca'' Fourtau 1917 * †''Barbatia aspera'' Conrad 1854 * †''Barbatia axinaea'' Boettger 1883 * †''Barbatia carolinensis'' Conrad 1849 * †''Barbatia consutilis'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia corvamnis'' Harris 1946 * †''Barbatia crustata'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia culleni'' Dey 1961 * †''Barbatia deusseni'' Gardner 1927 * †''Barbatia dissimilis'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia gibba'' Martin 1879 * †''Barbatia helblingi'' Bruguière 1789 * †''Barbatia inglisia'' Richards and Palmer 1953 * †''Barbatia irregularis'' Cossmann and Pissaro 1906 * †''Barbatia kayalensis'' Dey 1961 * †''Barbatia legayi'' Rigaux and Sauvage 1868 * †''Barbatia lignitifera'' Aldrich 1908 * †''Barbatia limatella'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia ludoviciana'' * †''Barbatia malaiana'' Martin 1917 * †''Barbatia mauryae'' Olsson 1922 * †''Barbatia merriami'' Van Winkle 1918 "Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, Washington" ''University of Washington publications in geology'' 1(2) * †''Barbatia mytiloides'' (Brocchi, 1814) * †''Barbatia paradiagona'' Dockery 1982 * †''Barbatia pistachia'' Lamarck 1819 * †''Barbatia pumila'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia quilonensis'' Dey 1961 * †''Barbatia rembangensis'' Martin 1910 * †''Barbatia seraperta'' Harris 1946 * †''Barbatia simulans'' Tate 1886 * †''Barbatia subtrigonalis'' Martin 1883 * †''Barbatia sundaiana'' Martin 1916 * †''Barbatia uxorispalmeri'' Stenzel and E. K. 1957 * †''Barbatia wendti'' Lamy 1950

References

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* Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'', William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973 * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 Extant Jurassic first appearances Bivalve genera {{Arcidae-stub