Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Full reference: J. Kříž and M. Steinová. 2009. Uppermost Ordovician bivalves from the Prague Basin (Hirnantian, Perunica, Bohemia). Bulletin of Geosciences 84(3):409-436
Belongs to Mytilarca according to J. Kříž and M. Steinová 2009
Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, Mytilarca aphaea, Mytilarca aphea, Mytilarca arenacea, Mytilarca boucoti, Mytilarca canadensis, Mytilarca chemungensis, Mytilarca cingulosa, Mytilarca cordiformis, Mytilarca crassa, Mytilarca cultellata, Mytilarca cuneatus, Mytilarca dalhousei, Mytilarca dentata, Mytilarca dentiversa, Mytilarca dubia, Mytilarca eduliformis, Mytilarca expansa, Mytilarca foerstei, Mytilarca gibbosa, Mytilarca inflata, Mytilarca iniqua, Mytilarca kallholniensis, Mytilarca knappi, Mytilarca kullsbergensis, Mytilarca lata, Mytilarca leptaenarum, Mytilarca marylandica, Mytilarca mytiliformis, Mytilarca obliqua, Mytilarca orsae, Mytilarca parallela, Mytilarca parens, Mytilarca percarinata, Mytilarca ponderosa, Mytilarca pyrimadata, Mytilarca regularis, Mytilarca semicircularis, Mytilarca sigilla, Mytilarca simplex, Mytilarca suberectus, Mytilarca thorslundi, Mytilarca triangula, Mytilarca umbonata, Mytilarca wabashensis, Plethomytilus esuriens, Plethomytilus lineatus, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis, Plethomytilus rowei
Type specimen: JK 15020, a shell (mold of right shell). Its type locality is Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice, which is in a Hirnantian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Kosov Formation of the Czech Republic.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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