Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Arcida |
| Family: Arcidae |
| Genus: Barbatia |
| Species: Barbatia phalacra Dall, 1898 |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Chipola Formation |
| Oak Grove Sand |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Dall, 1898, p. 626):
“Oligocene of the Chipola marls, Chipola River, and of the Oak Grove sands, Florida; Burns.
Shell thin, moderately convex, equivalve, inequilateral; the prosogyrate beaks within the anterior fourth low and somewhat compressed; sculpture of very numerous fine, even, mostly dichotomous riblets without nodules or reticulation over the whole shell, crossed only by feeble incremental lines; cardinal area very narrow with a few longitudinal grooves; hinge-teeth small, short, and vertical mesially without any gap in the series, distally longer, larger, and more oblique; hinge-line 14/23 of the whole length; internal margin of the valves smooth, byssal gape inconspicuous. Lon. 23.5, alt. 11, diam. 9 mm.
This is a very modest and neat little species which does not seem identifiable with any of the others. It is, perhaps, nearest to B. mississippiensis Conrad, but is smaller, less flattened, and more regular.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on July 17, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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