Barbatia
Encyclopedia
Barbatia is a genus
of ark clam
s, in the family
Arcidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of ark clam
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....
s, in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Arcidae.
Species
- Barbatia cancellariaBarbatia cancellariaBarbatia cancellaria, or the red-brown ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Florida to the West Indies....
(Lamarck, 1819) - red-brown ark - Barbatia candidaBarbatia candidaBarbatia 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....
(Helbling, 1779) - white-beard ark - Barbatia divaricata (Sowerby, 1833)
- Barbatia domingensisBarbatia domingensisBarbatia domingensis, or the white miniature ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Cape Hatteras to the West Indies and Bermuda....
(Lamarck, 1819) - white miniature ark - Barbatia foliata (Forskal, 1775)
- Barbatia fusca Bruguiere
- †Barbatia merriami Van Winkle (OligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
) - Barbatia novaezelandiaeBarbatia novaezelandiaeBarbatia novaezelandiae, or the New Zealand ark, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Arcidae.thumb|left|Barbatia novaezelandiae inside view-References:* Powell A. W...
(E.A.Smith,1915) - New Zealand ark - Barbatia reeveana (d'Orbigny, 1846) - low-rib ark
- Barbatia teneraBarbatia teneraBarbatia tenera, or Doc Bales' ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies....
(C. B. Adams, 1845) - delicate ark, doc bales ark