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Ambonychiidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4594801	https://www.gbif.org/species/4594801
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	57656	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57656

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Ambonychioidea
family	Ambonychiidae	Miller 1877

Scientific Name

Ambonychiidae

Name Published In

Miller, S. A. (1877). The American Palaeozoic Fossils, a Catalog of the Genera and Species. Published by author. Cincinnati. xv + 253 p.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen, 1960
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychiacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated without evidence	Pojeta, 1966
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychiacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Ambonychiidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

195

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 6 of 6 genera share 10 to < 100 length, 6 of 6 share 10 to < 100 width. LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al (2009).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Pojeta. 1966. North American Ambonychiidae (Pelecypoda). Palaeontographica Americana 5(36):1-241

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Allonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ambonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		354	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ambonychinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ambonychiopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		47	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Amphicoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	427 Ma Silurian
Amphiocoelia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Anomalocoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
Anomalodonta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Byssopteria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Claudeonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cleionychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	433 Ma Silurian
Elasmodophora ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Eridonychia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fasciculiptera ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Glyptonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Gosseletia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		8	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Leconychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Maryonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Mytilarca ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		133	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	260 Ma Permian
Notonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Opisthoptera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Paramytilarca ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Plethomytilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeanomalodonta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Psilonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pteronychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Silurinka ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Streptomytilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xinshaophorus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Gosseletia intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Ambonychiidae Miller
1960	Ambonychiidae Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 101
1965	Ambonychiidae Newell p. 17
1966	Ambonychiidae Pojeta p. 157
1980	Ambonychiidae Vokes p. 30
2009	Ambonychiidae Nevesskaja
2010	Ambonychiidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Ambonychiidae Carter et al. p. 7

References

Pojeta J. (1966) North American Ambonychiidae (Pelecypoda), Palaeontographica Americana 5 36, 1-241

Soot-Ryen H., Soot-Ryen T. (1960) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway: 11, Pelecypoda, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40 2, 81-122

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Miller, S. A. (1877). The American Palaeozoic Fossils, a Catalog of the Genera and Species. Published by author. Cincinnati. xv + 253 p. - via World Register of Marine Species

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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