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Ambonychia

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Synonyms
  • Byssonychia was named by Ulrich (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara , O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 1046]. It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ambonychia by Vokes (1980).

    It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
  • Eridonychia was named by Ulrich (1895) [Technically, this should be Ulrich 1894, which refers to the formal presentation in Ulrich 1893; however, Ulrich 1893 was not published until 1895 and thus carries a later date for Linnaean taxonomy. ]. Its type is Eridonychia apicalis.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ambonychia by Pojeta (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ambonychia Hall
1893Byssonychia Ulrich
1895Eridonychia Ulrich p. 639
1916Ambonychia Raymond
1960Ambonychia Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 102
1966Ambonychia Pojeta p. 172
1975Ambonychia Toni
1980Ambonychia Vokes p. 30
2002Ambonychia Sepkoski
2002Byssonychia Sepkoski
2010Ambonychia Bouchet et al.

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

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.

G. †Ambonychia Hall 1847
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†Ambonychia acutirostris Ulrich 1895
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Invalid names: Eridonychia apicalis Ulrich 1895 [synonym], Eridonychia paucicostata Ulrich 1895 [synonym]
†Ambonychia alata Meek 1872
†Ambonychia cultrata Ulrich 1893
†Ambonychia intermedia Isberg 1934
†Ambonychia obesa Ulrich 1895
†Ambonychia orbicularis Emmons 1842
†Ambonychia volitans Barrande 1881
Invalid names: Byssonychia Ulrich 1893 [synonym], Eridonychia Ulrich 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height219.218.120.419.31.63
valve diagonal229.128.629.729.10.764

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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Byssally attached, epifaunal suspension feeder (McKerrow, 1979); Meyer et al (2009). BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).g
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: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Pragian or 470.00000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (338 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (329)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway (Hamar -Nes) A. orbicularis (162624)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (64404 64416)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) A. radiata (204960) A. sp. (85688 85727)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (England ) A. sp. (434)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Ohio) A. sp. (64424 64425 64476)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) A. sp. (26276)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Byssonychia intermedia (32574 32576 32577) Byssonychia sp., Byssonychia intermedia (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (1951) Byssonychia radiata (5373)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Indiana) A. sp. (398)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (New York) A. praecursa (346) A. radiata (1196)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Virginia) A. sp. (342 343)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Maryland) A. radiata (411) A. sp. (407 409)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (86094 86228 86234)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (85815 85816 85977 86062 86063)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) A. sp. (26192)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) A. radiata (87822) A. sp. (77357)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) A. orbicularis (26272)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Byssonychia intermedius (5352) Byssonychia sp. (5358) Byssonychia spp. (5350)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (156584)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) A. radiata (34563) A. sp. (34546 34548 34555 34559 48737 48739 48740 48766 48785 48817) A. sp., A. byrnesi, A. radiata (34547) A. ulrichi (99334)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) A. orbicularis (26271) A. sp. (26263) A. sp., A. orbicularis (26267)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (10752 181722)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. curtiformis (9311)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. A (79239)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) Byssonychia vera (173132)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Québec) Byssonychia radiata (164218)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) Byssonychia vera (34895)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania and Virginia) A. radiata (77103)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Virginia) Byssonychia praecursa (5397)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (369 48772 48780 72646 72709 72715 72759 72760 72956 72999 73000 73001 73003 73004 73011 73102)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) A. sp. (349 383 384 385 386 74693)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) A. sp. (26293)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Byssonychia radiata (173007)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois) A. sp. (23554)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) A. sp. (350 387 391 5394 64421 72815 72816 72818 72823 72824 72887 72888 72889 72890 72892 72893 72894 72895 72896 72901 72902 72903 72904 72905 72907 72908 72909 72936 72972 72973 72974 72975 72977 72978 72979 72980 72983 72984 72985 72992 72996 72997 73046 73047 73130) A. sp., Eridonychia sp. (388)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Byssonychia bowmani (5395) Byssonychia bowmani, Byssonychia praecursa (5398) Byssonychia bowmani, Byssonychia sp., Byssonychia praecursa (5396) Byssonychia sp. (5399)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Indiana) A. sp. (376)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (64403 64417 72650 72661 72700 72702 72706 72707 72721 72723 72738 72747 72748 72772 72774 72777 72778 72779 72784 72785 72798 72799 73030 73031 73032 73033 73068 73073 73076 73084)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) A. radiata (77104) Byssonychia praecursa (173236)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) Byssonychia radiata (173121)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (1930) Byssonychia radiata (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Byssonychia radiata (173021 173152 173198 173248 173249) Byssonychia vera (173269)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Byssonychia radiata (155174 155412) Byssonychia radiata, Byssonychia suberecta (173128)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Ohio) A. sp. (351)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) Byssonychia tenuis (357)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) A. sp. (389 390)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) A. spp. (192338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) A. sp. (354 367 368 370 372 395 72541 72542 72544 72558 72611 72620 72625 72630 72805 72807 72809 72811 72812 72813 72837 72838 72840 72849 72864 72870 72876 72878 72884 72912 72914 72916 72917 72919 72921 72922 72923 72924 72925 72926 72927 72928 72929 72930 72931 72932 72934 72959 72964 72965 72966 72967 73035 73037 73038 73120 73121 73122 73123 73124 73125) A. suberecta (27499 27500) Anomalodonta alata, Byssonychia radiata (5326) Byssonychia cultrata (173296) Byssonychia grandis (173035 173241)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) A. sp. (421)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Byssonychia carinata, Byssonychia richmondensis (26312) Byssonychia elroyi (26313) Byssonychia obesa (26315)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (1968)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) A. sp. (361 371 374 64165 64170 72427 72430 72453 72458 72465 72469 72470 72471 72474 72481 72483 72485 72498 72507 72514 73088 73100 73101) Byssonychia richmondensis, A. sp. (373)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (64166 72687 72852 72853 73049 73052 73058 73059 73066 73109 73117 73118) Byssonychia richmondensis (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) A. sp. (76903) Byssonychia borealis (173014) Byssonychia praecursa (233154) Byssonychia richmondensis (173270) Byssonychia vera (22952)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois) A. sp. (396)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) A. sp. (394) A. sp., Eridonychia sp. (392)
Ashgill - Richmondian449.5 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Byssonychia radiata (26303)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) A. sp. (162234)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) A. sp. (64224 64225 64230 64232)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Ontario) Byssonychia grandis (26304) Byssonychia radiata (26305)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (64169) Byssonychia radiata (24034 37832)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Byssonychia sp. (56000)
Cautleyan - Ashgill449.2 - 443.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) A. arundinea (13841)
Rawtheyan - Porkuni448.8 - 443.7Norway (Ringerike) A. radiata (164706)
Rawtheyan - Porkuni448.8 - 443.7Norway (Oslo Asker) A. radiata (164708)
Rawtheyan - Porkuni448.8 - 443.7Norway (Asker) A. radiata (164711)
Rawtheyan - Porkuni448.8 - 443.7Norway A. radiata (164701 164710)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Estonia (North Estonia) A. orvikui (23296)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) A. sp. (441)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0Canada (Québec) A. sp. (24441 24442)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) A. volitans (85118)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) A. postriata (91431)