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Ambonychia acutirostris

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Taxonomy
Byssonychia acutirostris was named by Ulrich (1895) [The work is cited Ulrich 1893, but it was not issued until 1895. ].

It was recombined as Ambonychia acutirostris by Pojeta (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Eridonychia apicalis was named by Ulrich (1895) [This work is cited as Ulrich 1893, but was not actually published until 1895. ]. It is the type species of Eridonychia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ambonychia acutirostris by Pojeta (1966).
  • Eridonychia paucicostata was named by Ulrich (1895) [This work is cited as Ulrich 1893 but it was not issued until 1895. ].

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ambonychia acutirostris by Pojeta (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Eridonychia paucicostata Ulrich
1895Byssonychia acutirostris Ulrich pp. 634-635 figs. pl. 45 f. 8-9; pl. 46 f. 10
1895Eridonychia apicalis Ulrich p. 639
1966Ambonychia acutirostris Pojeta p. 182

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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
speciesacutirostris(Ulrich 1895)

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 acutirostris Ulrich 1895
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Invalid names: Eridonychia apicalis Ulrich 1895 [synonym], Eridonychia paucicostata Ulrich 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available