Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative spelling: Clionychia
Synonym: Anoptera Ulrich 1893
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1892. New Lammelibranchiata, No. 4. Descriptions of one new genus and eight new species. American Geologist 10(2):96-104
Parent taxon: Ambonychiidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1996
See also Cox et al. 1969, Pojeta 1966, Raymond 1916, Sepkoski 2002, Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960, Toni 1975 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Allonychia, Ambonychia, Ambonychinia, Ambonychiopsis, Amphicoelia, Amphiocoelia, Anomalocoelia, Anomalodonta, Byssopteria, Carinonychia, Claudeonychia, Elasmodophora, Enkelbergia, Fasciculiptera, Glyptonychia, Gosseletia, Leconychia, Lophonychia, Maryonychia, Myalinopterella, Mytilarca, Nathorstella, Nodonychia, Notonychia, Opisthoptera, Paramytilarca, Pompeckjina, Praeanomalodonta, Psilonychia, Pteronychia, Silurinka, Stappersella, Xinshaophorus
Subtaxa: Anoptera angusta Anoptera miseneri Cleionychia attenuata Cleionychia corrugata Cleionychia crebra Cleionychia crispa Cleionychia curta Cleionychia excavata Cleionychia gibbosa Cleionychia lamellosa Cleionychia marginalis Cleionychia montrealensis Cleionychia mytiloides Cleionychia ottawaensis Cleionychia oviformis Cleionychia primitiva Cleionychia pulchella Cleionychia subundata Cleionychia superba Cleionychia traingularis Clionychia curta Clionychia rhomboidea Clionychia subundata Clionychia undata
Type: Ambonychia lamellosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (5: New York)
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Quebec), United States (18: New York)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (4: Ontario, Québec), Kazakhstan (1), North Korea (1), Norway (15), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (21: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio)
Total: 81 collections including 86 occurrences
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