Barbatia tenera, or Doc Bales' ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Barbatia |
| Species: | B. tenera
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbatia tenera (C.B. Adams, 1845)
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References
edit- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 9.
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