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Taxonomy
Ambleminae was named by Rafinesque (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Unionidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Unionidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1820 | Ambleminae Rafinesque |
| 1912 | Propterinae Hannibal |
| 1970 | Megalonaiadinae Heard and Guckert |
| 1970 | Popenaiadinae Heard and Guckert |
| 1970 | Cyprogeniinae Starobogatov |
| 1970 | Friersoniinae Starobogatov |
| 1970 | Medionidinae Starobogatov |
| 1970 | Ptychobranchinae Starobogatov |
| 2010 | Ambleminae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Ambleminae Carter et al. p. 12 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Ambleminae Rafinesque 1820
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G. Amblema Rafinesque 1820
Tr. Lampsilini Ihering 1901
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G. Lampsilis Rafinesque 1820
Invalid names: Dromini Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Glebulini Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Pileini Starobogatov 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amblemini Rafinesque 1820 [empty], Cyprogeniinae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Friersoniinae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Medionidinae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Megalonaiadinae Heard and Guckert 1970 [synonym], Popenaiadinae Heard and Guckert 1970 [synonym], Propterinae Hannibal 1912 [synonym], Ptychobranchinae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym], Quadrulini Ihering 1901 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Elliptio galvensis (68494) | |
| Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Pleurobema dowlingi (89191) Unio dowlingi (87568) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | Canada (British Columbia) | Elliptio sulfuriensis (87448) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Arizona) | Plesielliptio sp. (68255 68256) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Sonora) | Plesielliptio sp. 1 (91376 91377) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Utah) | Plesielliptio sp. (179645) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plesielliptio sp. (14502) | |
| Edmontonian | Canada (Alberta) | Unio priscus (71487) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plesielliptio priscus (14569) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Plesielliptio brachyopisthus, Plesielliptio postbiplicatus, Plesielliptio whitfieldi, Pleurobema cryptorhynchus (192041) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Lampsilis bracteata (205449) | |
| Puercan | USA (Utah) | Plesielliptio sp. (14739 14748) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plesielliptio priscus (22879 22880 22883 22918 22926) | |
| Thanetian | USA (North Dakota) | Protelliptio priscus (125070) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Megalonaias nervosa (205410) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | Pilea cantalensis (27277) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Pilea sp. (51758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Amblema plicata (93527) |