Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Alternative combinations: Yoldia cooperii tenuissima, Yoldia tenuissima
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Yoldia (Kalayoldia) according to E. J. Moore 1983
Sister taxa: Yoldia (Kalayoldia) carnarosensis, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) gesteri, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) oregona, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) submontereyensis, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) supramontereyensis
Type specimen: UCMP 11110, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (7: California collections)
• Eocene of United States (2: California, Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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