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Ambonychia J. Hall, 1847 †

1659343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1659343)

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Genus
Ambonychia radiata J. Hall, 1847 † (type by subsequent designation)
Byssonychia Ulrich, 1894 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Species Ambonychia alata F. B. Meek, 1872 †
  2. Species Ambonychia carens (Barrande, 1881) †
  3. Species Ambonychia delerensis S.-F. Liang, 1976 †
  4. Species Ambonychia magna Isberg, 1934 †
  5. Species Ambonychia orvikui Isakar, 1991 †
  6. Species Ambonychia radiata J. Hall, 1847 †
  7. Species Ambonychia rara (Barrande, 1881) †
  8. Species Ambonychia volitans (Barrande, 1881) †
  9. Species Ambonychia acuticostata McCoy, 1851 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  10. Species Ambonychia affinis Ulrich, 1894 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  11. Species Ambonychia attenuata J. Hall, 1861 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  12. Species Ambonychia cinncinnatiensis S. A. Miller & C. L. Faber, 1894 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  13. Species Ambonychia danbyi McCoy, 1851 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  14. Species Ambonychia erecta J. Hall, 1861 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  15. Species Ambonychia hailesensis Eagle, 1999 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  16. Species Ambonychia maroptera Tate, 1892 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  17. Species Ambonychia planistriata J. Hall, 1861 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  18. Species Ambonychia poststriata Etheridge, 1891 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  19. Species Ambonychia retrorsa S. A. Miller, 1878 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  20. Species Ambonychia robusta S. A. Miller, 1881 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Species Ambonychia tatei Cresswell, 1893 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  22. Subgenus Ambonychia (Megaptera) F. B. Meek & Worthen, 1866 † accepted as Opisthoptera F. B. Meek, 1872 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Megaptera Gray, 1846 [Mammalia]; Opisthoptera is a replacement name)
    1. Species Ambonychia (Megaptera) casei F. B. Meek & Worthen, 1866 † accepted as Opisthoptera casei (F. B. Meek & Worthen, 1866) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Ambonychia antiquissima (Barrande, 1881) † accepted as Silurinka antiquissima (Barrande, 1881) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Ambonychia cancellosa J. Hall, 1861 † accepted as Cleionychia cancellosa (J. Hall, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Species Ambonychia lamellosa [sic] † accepted as Ambonychia cancellosa J. Hall, 1861 † accepted as Cleionychia cancellosa (J. Hall, 1861) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hall J. (1847). Palaeontology of New York, vol. 1, Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system, (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). <em>Albany: C. van Benthuysen.</em> xxiii+1-338., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55227010
page(s): 163 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ambonychia J. Hall, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1659343 on 2026-07-12
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original description Hall J. (1847). Palaeontology of New York, vol. 1, Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system, (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). <em>Albany: C. van Benthuysen.</em> xxiii+1-338., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55227010
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Byssonychia Ulrich, 1894 †) Ulrich, E. O. (1894). New and little known Lamellibranchiata from the Lower Silurian rocks of Ohio and adjacent states. <em>Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio.</em> 7: 627-693., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40426071
page(s): 629 [details] 

basis of record Dayle, G. M. (1999). Environmentally Controlled Variation in Shell Size of <i>Ambonychia</i> Hall (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Type Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician). <em>Palaios.</em> 14(6): 520-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3515310 [details] 
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