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Barbatia

Barbatia
Temporal range: Jurassic - Recent
Barbatia fusca 002.jpg
Barbatia fusca
Arcidae - Barbatia mytiloides.JPG
Fossil of †Barbatia mytiloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorpha
Order: Arcoida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Barbatia
Gray, 1847
Species

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Barbatia is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic period to the Quaternary period (age range: 167.7 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

Species within the genus Barbatia include:

Extinct species within the genus Barbatia include:



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