Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative combination: Inoceramus chemungensis
Synonym: Mytilarca attenuata Hall and Whitfield 1869
Belongs to Mytilarca according to C. D. Walcott 1884
See also Pojeta 1966
Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, Mytilarca aphaea, Mytilarca aphea, Mytilarca arenacea, Mytilarca boucoti, Mytilarca canadensis, 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 esuriens, Plethomytilus rowei, Plethomytilus lineatus, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), China (8), Morocco (1), United States (2: New York, Pennsylvannia)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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