Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Parent taxon: Ambonychioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Pojeta 1966, Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Lunulacardiidae, Monopteriidae, Myalinidae, Mysidiellidae, Ramonalinidae
Subtaxa: Allonychia Ambonychia Ambonychinia Ambonychiopsis Amphicoelia Amphiocoelia Anomalocoelia Anomalodonta Byssopteria Carinonychia Claudeonychia Cleionychia Elasmodophora Enkelbergia Fasciculiptera Glyptonychia Gosseletia Leconychia Lophonychia Maryonychia Myalinopterella Mytilarca Nathorstella Nodonychia Notonychia Opisthoptera Paramytilarca Pompeckjina Praeanomalodonta Psilonychia Pteronychia Silurinka Stappersella Xinshaophorus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: Iowa)
• Devonian of Antarctica (1), Australia (6), Canada (4: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec), China (13), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (3), Luxembourg (3), Morocco (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (55: Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvannia, Virginia), Vietnam (3)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of Austria (1), Canada (5: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Italy (2), Poland (2), Spain (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (6), United States (34: Alaska, California, Illinois, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin)
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Quebec), United States (25: New York, Vermont)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (5), Canada (40: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (2), North Korea (1), Norway (27), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (13), the United Kingdom (7), United States (321: Georgia, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 615 collections including 769 occurrences