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Ambonychia alata

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Taxonomy
Megaptera alata was named by Meek (1872) [Ambonychia (Megaptera) alata in Meek. ].

It was recombined as Anomalodonta alata by Miller (1874); it was recombined as Ambonychia alata by Pojeta (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Megaptera alata Meek p. 319
1874Anomalodonta alata Miller p. 328
1966Ambonychia alata Pojeta pp. 172-174 figs. pl. 29 f. 10-19; pl. 30 f. 1-14, 16-21;

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyAmbonychiidaeMiller 1877
genusAmbonychiaHall 1847
speciesalata(Meek 1872)

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.

Ambonychia alata Meek 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-11 13:28:49
Modified: 2009-07-20 14:59:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Anomalodonta alata (5326)