Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative combinations: Clionychia montrealensis, Vanuxemia montrealensis
Full reference: E. Billings. 1859. Fossils of the Chazy Limestone, with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4:426-470
Belongs to Cleionychia according to J. Pojeta 1966
See also Billings 1859 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Cleionychia attenuata, Cleionychia corrugata, Cleionychia crebra, Cleionychia crispa, Cleionychia curta, Cleionychia excavata, Cleionychia gibbosa, Cleionychia lamellosa, Cleionychia marginalis, 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Quebec collections), United States (12: New York)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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