Barbatia pseudoillota Reinhart 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Barbatia (Fugleria) pseudoillota

Full reference: P. W. Reinhart. 1937. Three New Species of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):181-185

Belongs to Barbatia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Kern 1973, Moore 1983, Reinhart 1937 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

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 lignitifera, Barbatia limatella, Barbatia ludoviciana, Barbatia malaiana, Barbatia marylandica, Barbatia mauryae, Barbatia meridiana, Barbatia mundeformata, Barbatia nodai, Barbatia paradiagona, Barbatia pistachia, Barbatia pumila, Barbatia quilonensis, Barbatia rembangensis, Barbatia seraperta, Barbatia simulans, Barbatia subtrigonalis, Barbatia sundaiana, Barbatia suzzalloi, Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Barbatia wendti

Type specimen: CIT 1383, a shell. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4475, Fugler Point, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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