Barbatia

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Barbatia
Temporal range: Jurassic - Recent
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Barbatia amygdalumtostum
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Fossil of †Barbatia mytiloides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Barbatia
Gray, 1847
Species

See text.

Barbatia is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.

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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). These fossils have been found all over the world. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Barbatia include: [2]

Barbatia trapezina Barbatia foliata 003.jpg
Barbatia trapezina

Extinct species

Extinct species within the genus Barbatia include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Fossilworks
  2. ↑ WoRMS
  3. ↑ Van Winkle, K. E. H. 1918 "Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, Washington" University of Washington publications in geology1(2)
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