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Ambonychioidea

Bivalvia - Myalinida

Taxonomy
Ambonychiacea was named by Miller (1877) [Also called Ambonychiacea because mollusc workers are weird..... m. kosnik taxon no: 6003].

It was corrected as Ambonychioidea by Pojeta (1966), McRoberts and Newell (2005), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Pteriina by Newell (1965); to Pterioida by Pojeta (1966), Vokes (1980) and McRoberts and Newell (2005); to Mytiloida by Nevesskaja (2009); to Pteriida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Myalinida by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ambonychiacea Miller
1965Ambonychiacea Newell p. 17
1966Ambonychioidea Pojeta p. 151
1980Ambonychiacea Vokes p. 30
2005Ambonychioidea McRoberts and Newell p. 3
2009Ambonychioidea Nevesskaja
2010Ambonychioidea Bouchet et al.
2011Ambonychioidea Carter et al. p. 7

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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)
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)

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.

Superfm. †Ambonychioidea Miller 1877
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Fm. †Ambonychiidae Miller 1877
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G. †Allonychia Ulrich 1895
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Allonychia flanaganensis Foerste 1914
Allonychia jamesi Meek 1872
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]
G. †Ambonychinia Isberg 1934
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Ambonychinia corrugata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia cylindrica Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia demissa Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia elegans Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia excelsa Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia extumida Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia glabra Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia intermedia Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia levis Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia magna Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia megumbona Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia pediculata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia quadrata Hind 1910
Ambonychinia radiata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia semistriata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia striata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia subiniqua Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia subrotunda Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia undulata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia unisulcata Isberg 1934
Ambonychinia volvens Isberg 1934
G. †Ambonychiopsis Isberg 1934
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Ambonychiopsis affinis Ulrich 1894
Ambonychiopsis curvata Raymond 1905
G. †Amphicoelia Hall 1865
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Amphicoelia costata Hall and Whitfield 1875
Amphicoelia leidyi Hall 1865
Amphicoelia pojetana Kříž 2008
Amphicoelia transplicata Isberg 1934
Amphicoelia ulrichi Maynard 1913
G. †Amphiocoelia Hall 1867
G. †Anomalocoelia Isberg 1934
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G. †Anomalodonta Miller 1874
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Anomalodonta gigantea Miller 1874
G. †Byssopteria Hall 1883
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Byssopteria occidentalis Fenton and Fenton 1924
Byssopteria radiata Hall 1883
G. †Carinonychia Pojeta et al. 1986
G. †Claudeonychia Pojeta 1997
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Claudeonychia babini Pojeta 1997
Claudeonychia byrnesi Ulrich 1895
Claudeonychia notabilis Ulrich 1895
G. †Cleionychia Ulrich 1892
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Cleionychia attenuata Hall 1847
Cleionychia corrugata Lindström 1880
Cleionychia crebra Khalfin 1958
Cleionychia crispa Khalfin 1958
Cleionychia curta Foerste 1924
Cleionychia excavata Ulrich 1895
Cleionychia gibbosa Whiteaves 1908
Cleionychia lamellosa Whitfield 1882
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Invalid names: Ambonychia erecta Hall 1861 [synonym], Ambonychia nitida Ulrich 1894 [synonym]
Cleionychia marginalis Raymond 1905
Cleionychia montrealensis Billings 1859
Cleionychia ottawaensis Whiteaves 1908
Cleionychia oviformis Kobayashi 1934
Cleionychia primitiva Isberg 1934
Cleionychia pulchella Lindstrom 1880
Cleionychia subundata Ulrich 1895
Cleionychia superba Billings 1866
Cleionychia traingularis Raasch in Shrock & Raasch 1937
Clionychia curta Foerste 1924
Clionychia rhomboidea Ulrich 1892
Clionychia subundata Ulrich 1893
Clionychia undata Emmons 1842
Invalid names: Anoptera Ulrich 1893 [synonym]
G. †Elasmodophora Isberg 1934
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G. †Fasciculiptera Zhang 1977
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G. †Glyptonychia Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Glyptonychia wilsoni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
G. †Gosseletia Barrois 1882
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Subg. †Gosseletia (Cyrtodontopsis) Frech 1891
Gosseletia devonica Barrois 1882
Gosseletia halfari Frech 1891
Gosseletia retusa Hall 1883
Gosseletia triquetra Conrad 1838
G. †Leconychia Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Leconychia doylei Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
G. †Lophonychia Pohl 1929
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Lophonychia cordata Stewart 1933
Lophonychia trigonale Cleland 1911
G. †Maryonychia Pojeta 1966
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Maryonychia concordensis Foerste 1910
G. †Mytilarca Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Mytilarca acutirostra Hall 1865
Mytilarca amii McLearn 1924
Mytilarca aphaea Hall 1865
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Invalid names: Mytilarca pernoides Whiteaves 1905 [synonym]
Mytilarca aphea Hall 1865
Mytilarca arenacea Hall and Whitfield 1869
Mytilarca boucoti Kriz et al. 2011
Mytilarca canadensis Billings 1874
Mytilarca chemungensis Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Mytilarca attenuata Hall and Whitfield 1869 [synonym]
Mytilarca cingulosa Pohl 1929
Mytilarca cordiformis Hall 1859
Mytilarca crassa Isberg 1934
Mytilarca cultellata Pohl 1929
Mytilarca cuneatus Kindle and Breger 1903
Mytilarca dalhousei Clarke 1907
Mytilarca dentata Pohl 1929
Mytilarca dentiversa Isberg 1934
Mytilarca dubia Walcott 1884
Mytilarca eduliformis Clarke and Ruedemann 1903
Mytilarca expansa Isberg 1934
Mytilarca foerstei Clarke and Ruedemann 1903
Mytilarca gibbosa Hall 1884
Mytilarca inflata Whiteaves 1892
Mytilarca iniqua Isberg 1934
Mytilarca kallholniensis Isberg 1934
Mytilarca knappi Hall 1884
Mytilarca kullsbergensis Isberg 1934
Mytilarca lata Hall 1883
Mytilarca leptaenarum Isberg 1934
Mytilarca mareki Kříž and Steinová 2009
Mytilarca marylandica Ohern in Ohern & Maynard 1913
Mytilarca obliqua Weller 1903
Mytilarca orsae Isberg 1934
Mytilarca parallela Isberg 1934
Mytilarca parens Barrande 1881
Mytilarca percarinata Whitfield 1882
Mytilarca ponderosa Hall and Whitfield 1869
Mytilarca pyrimadata Hall 1883
Mytilarca regularis Hall 1883
Mytilarca semicircularis Isberg 1934
Mytilarca sigilla Hall 1876
Mytilarca simplex Hall 1883
Mytilarca suberectus Ohern in Ohern & Maynard 1913
Mytilarca thorslundi Isberg 1934
Mytilarca triangula Isberg 1934
Mytilarca umbonata Hall 1883
Mytilarca wabashensis Kindle and Breger 1904
Invalid names: Plethomytilus Hall 1884 [synonym], Streptomytilus Kindle and Breger 1904 [synonym]
G. †Nodonychia Pojeta et al. 1986
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Nodonychia gordia Pojeta et al. 1986
G. †Notonychia Sánchez 2001
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Notonychia emmae Sánchez 2001
G. †Opisthoptera Meek 1871
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Opisthoptera alternata Ulrich 1895
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Invalid names: Opisthoptera extenuata Ulrich 1895 [synonym], Opisthoptera obliqua Ulrich 1895 [synonym]
Opisthoptera casei Meek and Worthen 1866
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Invalid names: Megaptera fissicosta Meek 1873 [synonym]
Opisthoptera gouldi Ulrich in Hussey 1926
Opisthoptera griffini Hussey 1926
Invalid names: Opistholoba Ulrich in Hussey 1926 [synonym]
G. †Paramytilarca Isberg 1934
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Paramytilarca glabra Isberg 1934
Paramytilarca levis Isberg 1934
Paramytilarca oblonga Isberg 1934
Paramytilarca oviformis Isberg 1934
Paramytilarca umbonella Isberg 1934
Paramytilarca ventricosa Isberg 1934
G. †Praeanomalodonta Isberg 1934
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G. †Psilonychia Ulrich 1893
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Psilonychia ulrichi Isberg 1934
G. †Pteronychia Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Pteronychia haupti Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
G. †Silurinka Kříž 2005
G. †Stappersella Maillieux 1920
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Stappersella trigona Goldfuss 1835
Stappersella truncata Roemer 1844
G. †Xinshaophorus Ding 1982
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Fm. †Lunulacardiidae Fischer 1887
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G. †Buckhornia Yancey and Heaney 2000
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Buckhornia carteri Yancey and Heaney 2000
G. †Conocardiopsis Beushausen 1895
G. †Guangxiconcha Zhang 1977
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G. †Honeoyea Clarke 1904
G. †Lunulacardium Münster 1840
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Lunulacardium curtum Hall 1870
Lunulacardium excrescens Münster 1840
Lunulacardium ornatum Hall 1843
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Invalid names: Lunulicardium acutirostrum Hall 1843 [synonym]
Lunulacardium semistriatum Münster 1840
Lunulicardium bifidocostatum Kamenetskaya 1979
Lunulicardium marcellense Vanuxem 1842
G. †Metrocardia Kříž 2004
G. †Patrocardia Fischer 1887
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Patrocardia cuspidata Barrande 1881
Patrocardia evolvens Barrande 1881
G. †Pinnopsis Hall 1843
G. †Prosochasma Beushausen 1895
G. †Pterochaenia Clarke 1904
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Subg. †Pterochaenia (Clarkea) Fang and Ding 1993
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Subg. †Pterochaenia (Pterochaenia) Clarke 1904
Invalid names: Guangxiconchidae Zhang 1999 [synonym], Lunulacardiinae Fischer 1887 [empty], Pterochaeniinae Fang and Ding 1993 [empty]
Fm. †Monopteriidae Newell 1969
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G. †Monopteria Meek and Worthen 1866
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Monopteria marian White 1874
Fm. †Myalinidae Frech 1891
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G. †Arctomyalina Logan 1970
G. †Aviculomyalina Assman 1916
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Aviculomyalina lata Assmann 1916
Aviculomyalina williamsi McLearn 1941
G. †Dorcadungula Bensaid et al. 1979
G. †Elversella McRoberts and Newell 2001
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Elversella rugosa McRoberts and Newell 2001
G. †Hemimenion Guo 1988
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Hemimenion cuneatum Guo 1988
G. †Liebea Waagen 1881
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Liebea dieneri Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933
Liebea indica Waagen 1881
Liebea macros Liang 1980
Liebea mediterranea Gemmellaro 1896
Liebea sacculus Reed 1944
Liebea septifer King 1844
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Invalid names: Modiola acuminata Sowerby 1829 [replaced]
Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829
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Invalid names: Mytilus hausmanni Goldfuss 1837 [synonym]
G. †Myalina de Koninck 1842
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Subg. †Myalina (Myalina) de Koninck 1842
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Myalina (Myalina) arbala Newell 1942
Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides Meek and Hayden 1860
Myalina (Myalina) copha Newell 1942
Myalina (Myalina) lepta Newell 1942
Myalina (Myalina) petina Newell 1942
Myalina (Myalina) sinuata Branson 1930
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Invalid names: Myalina recurvirostris Meek and Worthen 1860 [synonym]
Subg. †Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942
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Myalinella acutirostris Newell and Burma 1941
Myalinella adunca Chronic 1952
Myalinella meeki Dunbar 1924
Myalinella newelli Hautmann et al. 2011
Myalinella patriarchalis Waagen 1881
Subg. †Myalina (Orthomyalina) Newell 1942
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Myalina (Orthomyalina) ampla Meek and Hayden 1864
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Invalid names: Myalina deltoidea Gabb 1859 [synonym]
Subg. †Myalina (Selenimyalina) Newell 1942
Myalina chilena Gonzalez 1986
Myalina compressa Snider 1915
Myalina congeneris Walcott 1884
Myalina copei Whitfield 1902
Myalina dalecarlica Isberg 1934
Myalina degeeri Lundgren 1887
Myalina falcata Grabau 1931
Myalina flexuosa Muromtseva 1984
Myalina golfussiana de Koninck 1842
Myalina kansasensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
Myalina kiparisovae Kurushin 1985
Myalina lamellosa McRoberts and Newell 2005
Myalina leptaenarum Isberg 1934
Myalina longicardinalis Snider 1915
Myalina mongugaensis Maslennikov 1948
Myalina nemesis Walcott 1884
Myalina nessus Walcott 1884
Myalina orsae Isberg 1934
Myalina parallela Easton 1962
Myalina permiana Shumard 1860
Myalina pernaformis Cox 1857
Myalina plicata McRoberts and Newell 2005
Myalina recta Shumard 1858
Myalina semiglobosa Isberg 1934
Myalina tommasii Salomon 1895
Myalina vetusta Bittner 1899
Invalid names: Myalina longinqua Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
G. †Naiadites Dawson 1860
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Invalid names: Anthracoptera Salter [synonym]
G. †Novaculapermia McRoberts and Newell 1997
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Novaculapermia boydi McRoberts and Newell 1997
G. †Pachymytilus Zittel 1881
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Subg. †Pachymytilus (Pseudopachymytilus) Krumbeck 1923
G. †Posidoniella Koninck 1885
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G. †Promyalina Kittl 1903
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Promyalina diana Guo 1985
Promyalina groenlandica Newell 1955
Promyalina hindi Kittl 1903
Promyalina hunanensis Zhang 1977
Promyalina intermedia Chen 1976
Promyalina kobjumensis Truschelev 1996
Promyalina kochi Spath 1930
Promyalina pavligae Popov 1964
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938
Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899
Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942
G. †Pseudomyalina Dickins 1956
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Pseudomyalina mingenewensis Etheridge Jr. 1907
Pseudomyalina obliqua Dickins 1956
G. †Pseudopachymytilus Krumbeck 1923
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G. †Selenimyalina Newell 1942
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Selenimyalina dotti Newell 1942
Selenimyalina meliniformis Meek and Worthen 1866
Selenimyalina quadrata Newell 1942
Selenimyalina squama Waagen 1881
G. †Septimyalina Newell 1942
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Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942
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Invalid names: Myalina apachesi Marcou 1858 [replaced]
Septimyalina orbiculata Newell 1942
Septimyalina orthonota Mather 1915
Septimyalina perattenuata Meek and Hayden 1858
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Invalid names: Myalina kansanensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 [synonym]
Septimyalina scitula Newell 1942
Septimyalina sinuosa Morningstar 1922
Septimyalina sultanaevi Muromtseva 1984
Invalid names: Anthraconautidae Kanev 1980 [synonym], Selenimyalininae Weyer 1968 [empty]
Fm. †Mysidiellidae Cox 1964
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G. †Leidapoconcha Stiller and Chen 2006
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Leidapoconcha gigantea Stiller and Chen 2006
G. †Mysidiella Cox 1964
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Mysidiella imago Hautmann 2001
Mysidiella newtonae Waller and Stanley 2005
Mysidiella orientalis Bittner 1891
Invalid names: Mysidia Bittner 1891 [replaced]
G. †Promysidiella Waller and Stanley 2005
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Promysidiella americana Körner 1937
Promysidiella cordillerana Newton et al. 1987
Promysidiella desatoyensis Waller and Stanley 2005
Promysidiella eduliformis Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Mytilus inflexus Schmidt 1928 [synonym], Mytilus vetustus Goldfuss 1826 [synonym]
Promysidiella otiosus McLearn 1947
Promysidiella planirecta Waller and Stanley 2005
G. †Protopis Kittl 1903
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Protopis timorensis Krumbeck 1924
Protopis triptycha Kittl 1903
Protopis waageni Schnetzer 1934
Invalid names: Mytiliconcha Tommasi 1911 [synonym]
G. †Qingyaniola Stiller and Chen 2006
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Qingyaniola mirabilis Stiller and Chen 2006
G. †Waijiaoella Stiller and Chen 2006
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Waijiaoella elegans Stiller and Chen 2006
Waijiaoella speciosa Stiller and Chen 2006
Fm. †Ramonalinidae Yancey et al. 2009
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G. †Ramonalina Yancey et al. 2009
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Ramonalina beneckei Brotzen 1956
Ramonalina ramanensis Brotzen 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available