Yoldia (Cnesterium) yamagatana Nomura and Zinbo 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Alternative combination: Yoldia yamagatana

Belongs to Yoldia (Cnesterium) according to Hatai and Nisiyama 1952

Sister taxa: Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica, Yoldia (Cnesterium) ermanensis, Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis, Yoldia (Cnesterium) rekinnensis, Yoldia (Cnesterium) supraoregona

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Nishikurosawa Fm - Loc.# 5 (Miocene of Japan)

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