Alternative combinations: Arca (Byssoarca) mississippiensis, Byssoarca mississippiensis, Cucullaearca mississippiensis, Navicula mississippiensis
Belongs to Barbatia according to D. T. Dockery 1982
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 paradiagona, Barbatia pistachia, Barbatia pumila, Barbatia quilonensis, Barbatia rembangensis, Barbatia seraperta, Barbatia simulans, Barbatia subtrigonalis, Barbatia sundaiana, Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Barbatia wendti
Type specimen: ANSP 30648, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder