Subgenus Barbatia (Barbatia) Gray, 1842

Museums

Regional Maps

• Barbatia Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum 44th Edn., 304 pp. [81].

  Type species:

   Arca barbata Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Granoarca Conrad, T.A. 1862. Descriptions of new genera, subgenera and species of Tertiary and Recent shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1862: 284-291 [290].

  Type species:

   Arca propatula Conrad, 1862 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N252].
• Jacksonarca Harris, G.D. & Palmer, K.V.M. 1946. The Mollusca of the Jackson Eocene of Mississippi embayment. Bulletin of American Paleontology 30(117): 1-206 [45].

  Type species:

   Barbatia seraperta Harris & Palmer, 1946 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N252]; Vokes, H.E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: A Systematic and Bibliographic Catalogue (revised and updated). New York : Paleontological Research Institution 307 pp. [12].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [42, 43]

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [563]

Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [259-260]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [276]

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