Barbatia
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Barbatia is a genus of ark clams, in the family Arcidae. These shells are elongate oval, or quadrilateral, sculptured with fine, closely spaced radial ribs, and covered by a coarse, often tufted, periostracum. The hinge line is long, almost straight, and the teeth are numerous. Widely distributed in tropical and temperate seas.
[edit] Species
- Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819) - red-brown ark
- Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779) - white-beard ark
- Barbatia divaricata (Sowerby, 1833)
- Barbatia domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) - white miniature ark
- Barbatia novaezelandiae (E.A.Smith,1915) - New Zealand ark
- Barbatia reeveana (d'Orbigny, 1846) - low-rib ark
- Barbatia tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845) - delicate ark, doc bales ark
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[edit] References
- NZ Mollusca
- ITIS
- 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 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8
