WoRMS taxon details
Barbatia decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
207765 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207765)
accepted
Species
Arca decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Byssoarca decussata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Byssoarca decussata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Barbatia decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207765 on 2025-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Byssoarca decussata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Taylor, J. D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. <em>Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B.</em> 260:173-213. [details]
basis of record Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). <em>Denisia.</em> 43: 1-480., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/DENISIA_0043_0001-0480.pdf
page(s): 67, pl. 12 figs 7a-b [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Taylor, J. D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. <em>Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B.</em> 260:173-213. [details]
basis of record Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). <em>Denisia.</em> 43: 1-480., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/DENISIA_0043_0001-0480.pdf
page(s): 67, pl. 12 figs 7a-b [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Agüera Garcia A.A. & Oliver G. (2008). Species discrimination in seven species of <i>Barbatia</i> (Bivalvia: Arcoidea) from Thailand with a redescription of <i>B. grayana</i> (Dunker, 1858). <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> suppl. 18: 7-23., available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/s18rbz007-023.pdf
page(s): 12, figs 3a–g, 4a, 5a, 6c–d, 7b [details]
page(s): 12, figs 3a–g, 4a, 5a, 6c–d, 7b [details]
Other
additional source
Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. (1998). Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28: 235-257.</em> [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. (1998). Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28: 235-257.</em> [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Arca decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Barbatia decussata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Byssoarca decussata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Malacopics (Barbatia decussata (G.B.Sowerby,1833) Thailand, Krabi, Hat Noppharat Thara National ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Arca decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Barbatia decussata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Byssoarca decussata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Malacopics (Barbatia decussata (G.B.Sowerby,1833) Thailand, Krabi, Hat Noppharat Thara National ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
