| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : Ambonychia : Byssonychia radiata |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : Ambonychia : Byssonychia radiata |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Byssonychia |
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| Scientific Name | Byssonychia radiata (Hall, 1847) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Byssonychia radiata | species | belongs to Byssonychia | stated without evidence | Ulrich, 1894 | | Byssonychia radiata | species | belongs to Byssonychia | stated with evidence | Foerste, 1924 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ambonychia) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Ambonychia) |
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| Taphonomy | intermediate,minor ribbing (based on Ambonychia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. T. Toni. 1975. Upper Ordovician bivalves from the Oslo Region, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 55(2):135-156 |
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| Toni R. T. (1975) Upper Ordovician bivalves from the Oslo Region, Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 55 2, 135-156 |
| Ulrich E. O. The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota, Minnesota Geology and Natural History Survey 3, 475-628 |
| Foerste A. F. (1924) Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138 121, 1-99 |
| Pojeta J. (1966) North American Ambonychiidae (Pelecypoda), Palaeontographica Americana 5 36, 1-241 |
| Pojeta J. (1971) Review of Ordovician pelecypods, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 695, 1-43 |
Byssonychia radiata ✝
