Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Full reference: J. Kriz, R. B. Blodgett, and D. M. Rohr. 2011. Silurian Bivalvia from Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska (Alexander terrane). Bulletin of Geosciences 86(2):241-258
Belongs to Mytilarca according to J. Kriz et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, Mytilarca aphaea, Mytilarca aphea, Mytilarca arenacea, 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 mareki, 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 rowei, Plethomytilus esuriens, Plethomytilus lineatus, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
Type specimen: JK 17 942, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is 10RB10, East of Hoonah Airport, which is in a Homerian/Gorstian carbonate siltstone/limestone in the Kennel Creek Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 10RB10, East of Hoonah Airport
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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