Barbatia kayalensis Dey 1961 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Barbatia according to A. K. Dey 1961

See also Bera et al. 1996 and Tiwari 2001

Sister taxa: Arca (Barbatia) gracilicostata, Arca (Barbatia) nanggulanensis, Arca (Barbatia) oostinghi, Arca (Barbatia) tenuicrenata, Barbatia (Barbatia), Barbatia (Cucullaearca), Barbatia (Diluvarca), Barbatia (Granoarca), Barbatia (Hawaiarca), Barbatia (Mesocibota), Barbatia (Obliquarca), Barbatia aegyptiaca, Barbatia aptiensis, Barbatia aspera, Barbatia axinaea, Barbatia candida, Barbatia carolinensis, Barbatia consutilis, Barbatia corvamnis, Barbatia cowlitzensis, Barbatia crustata, Barbatia culleni, Barbatia deusseni, Barbatia dissimilis, Barbatia foliata, Barbatia geinitzi, Barbatia gibba, Barbatia glyphus, Barbatia helblingi, Barbatia illota, Barbatia inglisia, Barbatia irregularis, Barbatia landesi, Barbatia legayi, Barbatia lignitifera, Barbatia limatella, Barbatia ludoviciana, Barbatia malaiana, Barbatia marylandica, Barbatia mauryae, Barbatia meridiana, Barbatia mundeformata, Barbatia nodai, Barbatia paradiagona, Barbatia pistachia, Barbatia pseudoillota, Barbatia pumila, Barbatia quilonensis, Barbatia rembangensis, Barbatia seraperta, Barbatia simulans, Barbatia subtrigonalis, Barbatia sundaiana, Barbatia suzzalloi, Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Barbatia wendti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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