Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Alternative combination: Yoldia submontereyensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Yoldia (Kalayoldia) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Arnold 1908
Sister taxa: Yoldia (Kalayoldia) carnarosensis, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) gesteri, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) oregona, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) supramontereyensis, Yoldia (Kalayoldia) tenuissima
Type specimen: USNM 165459, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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