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Barbatia virescens

Status not recordedmolluscs

Barbatia virescens is a species in the family Arcidae, order Arcida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Barbatia virescens

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Barbatia virescens live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Barbatia virescens is listed for 1 country.

Taiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Barbatia virescens endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Barbatia virescens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderArcida
  5. familyArcidae
  6. genusBarbatia
  7. SpeciesBarbatia virescens (Reeve, 1844)

Synonyms Arca obliquata, Arca obtusa, Arca virescens

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • návka zelenaváCzech
  • カリガネエガイJapanese
  • 복털조개Korean
  • 青鬍魁蛤Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Barbatia virescens

Other species in the same genus Barbatia.

Hairy ark

Barbatia barbata

ArcidaeNo free photo yet

Almond ark

Barbatia amygdalumtostum

ArcidaeNo free photo yet

Comet ark

Barbatia cometa

ArcidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBarbatia virescens vs Hairy arkBarbatia virescens vs Red-brown arkBarbatia virescens vs Almond arkBarbatia virescens vs Comet ark

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Barbatia virescens live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Barbatia virescens for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Barbatia virescens?

Barbatia virescens (Barbatia virescens) belongs to the family Arcidae in the order Arcida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Barbatia virescens (Barbatia virescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbatia-virescens

MLA

“Barbatia virescens (Barbatia virescens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbatia-virescens.

BibTeX
@misc{barbatia_virescens_2026,
  title = {Barbatia virescens (Barbatia virescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbatia-virescens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}