WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775)

AphiaID

207774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207774)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cucullaearca foliata (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank

Species

Parent

Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842

Original name

Arca foliata Forsskål, 1775

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Arca foliata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xxxi, nº 14 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207774 on 2026-06-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-04-01 05:38:17Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2012-07-14 19:34:51Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-04-25 20:15:52Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-08-22 08:08:35Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

2025-07-04 06:25:12Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Arca foliata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xxxi, nº 14 [details]

basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553-617., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202191-038 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 207 [details]