Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Alternative combinations: Nucula lenticula, Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula

Belongs to Yoldiella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Richards 1962

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Yoldiella) nielseni, Yoldiella haasti, Yoldiella intermedia, Yoldiella leurovata, Yoldiella lucida, Yoldiella malletioides, Yoldiella nana, Yoldiella oblata, Yoldiella orcia, Yoldiella spitsbergensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Nunavut, Ontario collections), Greenland (2), United States (3: Maine, New Jersey)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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