Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative combinations: Ambonychia lamellosa, Clionychia lamellosa
Synonyms: Ambonychia erecta Hall 1861, Ambonychia nitida Ulrich 1894, Cleionychia erecta Hall 1861, Cleionychia nitida Ulrich 1894, Clionychia erecta Hall 1861, Clionychia nitida Ulrich 1894, Mytilarca nitida Ulrich 1894
Belongs to Cleionychia according to R. T. Toni 1975
See also Pojeta 1966 and Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cleionychia attenuata, Cleionychia corrugata, Cleionychia crebra, Cleionychia crispa, Cleionychia curta, Cleionychia excavata, Cleionychia gibbosa, 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, Anoptera angusta, Anoptera miseneri
Distribution: found only at Cap-des-Rosiers. St. Albans Beds. Lower 70 feet. (Devonian of Quebec)
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