Barbatia novaezelandiae

Barbatia novaezelandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Pteriomorpha
Order:	Arcoida
Family:	Arcidae
Genus:	Barbatia
Species:	B. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Barbatia novaezelandiae (E.A. Smith, 1915)

Barbatia novaezelandiae, or the New Zealand ark, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Arcidae.

Barbatia novaezelandiae inside view

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8