Barbatia lignitifera Aldrich 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combinations: Arca (Barbatia) lignitifera, Arca lignitifera

Belongs to Barbatia according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965

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 kayalensis, Barbatia landesi, Barbatia legayi, 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: USNM 639054, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at PRI 1593 (Eocene of Alabama)

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