Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcoida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae > Genus Barbatia

Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Barbatia*	Gray, 1842	accepted genus name
*Arca (Barbatia)*	Gray, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Arca barbata*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*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*	Turton, 1819	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138793