Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae > Genus Barbatia

Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Barbatia*	J. E. Gray, 1842	accepted genus name
*Arca (Barbatia)*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Cucullaea (Barbatia)*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Arca barbata var. contracta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca barbata var. elongata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca barbata var. expansa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca bonnaniana*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Arca reticulata*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: bearded ark; bearded ark shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Bärtige Archenmuschel; Haarige Arche sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Αγριόμυδο

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138793