Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
Belongs to Barbatia according to A. K. Dey 1961
Sister taxa: Arca (Barbatia) gracilicostata, Arca (Barbatia) marylandica, Arca (Barbatia) nanggulanensis, Arca (Barbatia) oostinghi, Arca (Barbatia) strongi, Barbatia (Acar), Barbatia (Barbatia), Barbatia (Cucullaearca), Barbatia (Diluvarca), Barbatia (Granoarca), Barbatia (Hawaiarca), Barbatia (Mesocibota), Barbatia (Obliquarca), Barbatia (Rostarca), Barbatia aegyptiaca, Barbatia aspera, Barbatia axinaea, Barbatia carolinensis, Barbatia consutilis, Barbatia corvamnis, Barbatia crustata, Barbatia culleni, Barbatia deusseni, Barbatia dissimilis, Barbatia gibba, Barbatia helblingi, Barbatia inglisia, Barbatia irregularis, Barbatia kayalensis, Barbatia legayi, Barbatia lignitifera, Barbatia limatella, Barbatia ludoviciana, Barbatia malaiana, Barbatia mauryae, Barbatia mississippiensis, Barbatia paradiagona, Barbatia pistachia, Barbatia pumila, Barbatia rembangensis, Barbatia seraperta, Barbatia simulans, Barbatia subtrigonalis, Barbatia sundaiana, Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Barbatia wendti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder