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Ambonychia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4594810	https://www.gbif.org/species/4594810
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16458

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : Ambonychia

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
genus	Ambonychia	Hall 1847

Scientific Name

Ambonychia Hall, 1847

Name Published In

N. H. New York (Pal. 1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Ambonychidae	stated with evidence	Raymond, 1916
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated with evidence	Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen, 1960
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated without evidence	Pojeta, 1966
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated with evidence	Toni, 1975
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ambonychia	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Byssally attached, epifaunal suspension feeder (McKerrow, 1979); Meyer et al (2009). BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).

Taphonomy

intermediate,minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ambonychia cincinnatiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ambonychia gaspeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ambonychia intermedia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ambonychia orvikui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ambonychia parksi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ambonychia robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ambonychia volitans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Byssonychia acutirostris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Byssonychia borealis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia cultrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia obesa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia praecursa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia richmondensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia suberecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Byssonychia vera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megaptera alata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Mytilus volitans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterinea orbicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ambonichia Worthen & Meek, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonichia*
Arctonychia Roemer, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Arctonychia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Ambonychia Hall
1893	Byssonychia Ulrich
1895	Eridonychia Ulrich p. 639
1916	Ambonychia Raymond
1960	Ambonychia Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 102
1966	Ambonychia Pojeta p. 172

Year	Name and Author
1975	Ambonychia Toni
1980	Ambonychia Vokes p. 30
2002	Ambonychia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Byssonychia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Ambonychia Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Raymond P. E. (1916) The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328, 325-343

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

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

Toni R. T. (1975) Upper Ordovician bivalves from the Oslo Region, Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 55 2, 135-156

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

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. H. New York (Pal. 1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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