Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Barbatia reeveana
arca común, Common reeve arc
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), a habit of attaching between rocks, so that the shell may be much distorted in shape or even worn smooth in spots by friction with its surroundings.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Arcida
Superfamily
Arcoidea
Family
Arcidae
Genus
Barbatia
Species
reeveana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: B. nova Mabille, 1895 ; B.r velataformis Sheldon & Maury, 1922 ; Syn.: part. Arca decussata auct., non Wimer, 1879, part. A. velata auct., non Troschel, 1852, part A. complanata auct., non Chemnitz, 1794; AMNH: 73954, 93990, LACM: several lots (ex.: 66-125, 71-48), CAS: 348, 23170, 39627, BMNH: acc. no. 2271: 1 lot (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), CDRS: 268, 678, 855, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993; Syn.: Arca helblingii Reeve, 1844, Arca reeveana d'Orbigny, 1846, Barbatia bramkampi Durham, 1950, Barbatia nova Mabille, 1895, Calloarca reeveana lasperlensis Sheldon & Maury in Maury, 1922, Calloarca reeveana velataformis Sheldon & Maury in Maury, 1922, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Widely distributed, Baja California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Barbatia reeveana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8040. Accessed 30 October 2026.