Barbatia

Barbatia is a genus of ark clams, in the family Arcidae.

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 foliata (Forskal, 1775)
• Barbatia fusca Bruguiere
• †Barbatia merriami Van Winkle (Oligocene) ^[1]
• 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

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