Barbatia barbata
{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Arcidae - Barbatia barbata.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Barbatia barbata from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
| genus = Barbatia
| species = barbata
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms =
- Arca bonnaniana Risso, 1826
- Arca cylindrica Wood, 182
- Arca magellanica Bruguière, 1789
- Barbatia eximia Dunker, 1866
}}
Barbatia barbata is a species of ark clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.
Description
The shell of an adult Barbatia barbata can be as large as {{convert|35|-|100|mm}}. The shape of the shell of this common species is quite variable. Usually it is oblong and flattened, with many radial ribs cut by concentric lines. When alive or fresh dead, the shell has a characteristic hairy dark periostracum (hence the Latin name barbata, meaning "bearded"), covering the entire surface of the shell except for the apical part.
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
File:Barbatia barbata 01.jpg|Right Valve
File:Barbatia barbata 02.jpg|Left valve
Barbatia barbata var elongata
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
File:Barbatia barbata var. elongata 01.jpg|Right Valve
File:Barbatia barbata var. elongata 02.jpg|Left valve
Distribution
This ark clam is found along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, especially in Greece, Italy and Tunisia.
Habitat
This species lives on rocky or coralligenous (coral-bearing) seabed.
References
- Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005) - Conchiglie del Mediterraneo - Published by Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id132999/ Biolib]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138793 WoRMS]
- [http://www.liceofoscarini.it/didattic/conchiglie/bivalvi/specie/BarbatiaBarbata.htm Conchiglie veneziane]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q13434817}}
Category:Bivalves described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
{{Arcidae-stub}}