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Cleionychia lamellosa

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Taxonomy
Ambonychia lamellosa was named by Whitfield (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cleionychia.

It was recombined as Clionychia lamellosa by Ulrich (1894) and Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960); it was recombined as Cleionychia lamellosa by Ulrich (1892), Pojeta (1966) and Toni (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. incognita, C. naba

Synonyms
  • Ambonychia nitida was named by Ulrich (1894).

    It was recombined as Cleionychia nitida by Ulrich (1892); it was recombined as Clionychia nitida by Ulrich (1894) and Schuchert and Twenhofel (1910); it was synonymized subjectively with Clionychia lamellosa by Whitfield (1895); it was synonymized subjectively with Cleionychia lamellosa by Pojeta (1966); it was recombined as Mytilarca nitida by Twenhofel (1928) and Pojeta (1966).
  • Ambonychia erecta was named by Hall (1861).

    It was recombined as Cleionychia erecta by Ulrich (1892); it was recombined as Clionychia erecta by Ulrich (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Cleionychia lamellosa by Whitfield (1895) and Pojeta (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Ambonychia lamellosa Hall p. 31
1861Ambonychia erecta Hall p. 32
1866Ambonychia nitida Billings
1882Ambonychia lamellosa Whitfield p. 31
1892Cleionychia erecta Ulrich p. 97
1892Cleionychia lamellosa Ulrich p. 97
1892Cleionychia nitida Ulrich p. 97
1894Clionychia lamellosa Ulrich pp. 494-495 figs. pl. 35 f. 10-14
1894Ambonychia nitida Ulrich pp. 495-496 figs. pl. 35 f. 15-16
1894Clionychia nitida Ulrich pp. 495-496 figs. pl. 35 f. 15-16
1894Clionychia erecta Ulrich pp. 496-497 figs. pl. 35 f. 19-20
1910Clionychia nitida Schuchert and Twenhofel p. 714
1928Mytilarca nitida Twenhofel
1960Clionychia lamellosa Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 105
1966Mytilarca nitida Pojeta pp. 178, 188
1966Cleionychia lamellosa Pojeta p. 179 figs. pl. 33 f. 1-17
1975Cleionychia lamellosa Toni

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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
genusCleionychia
specieslamellosa(Whitfield 1882)

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.

†Cleionychia lamellosa Whitfield 1882
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Invalid names: Ambonychia erecta Hall 1861 [synonym], Ambonychia nitida Ulrich 1894 [synonym]
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
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 13:31:50
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:31:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Mytilarca nitida (233202)