Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Synonyms: Byssonychia Ulrich 1893, Eridonychia Ulrich 1895
Parent taxon: Ambonychiidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Pojeta 1966, Raymond 1916, Sepkoski 2002, Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960 and Toni 1975
Sister taxa: Allonychia, 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
Subtaxa: Ambonychia acutirostris Ambonychia alata Ambonychia cultrata Ambonychia intermedia Ambonychia obesa Ambonychia orbicularis Ambonychia volitans Byssonychia borealis Byssonychia grandis Byssonychia intermedius Byssonychia praecursa Byssonychia radiata Byssonychia richmondensis Byssonychia suberecta Byssonychia vera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Québec), the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (30: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), Estonia (1), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (291: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 339 collections including 356 occurrences
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