Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Full reference: K. Amano. 2019. Taxonomic names, in A late Paleocene fauna from shallow-water chemosynthesis-based ecosystems, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64:101-141
Belongs to Yoldiella according to K. Amano 2019
Sister taxa: Portlandia (Yoldiella) nielseni, Yoldiella haasti, Yoldiella intermedia, Yoldiella lenticula, Yoldiella leurovata, Yoldiella lucida, Yoldiella malletioides, Yoldiella nana, Yoldiella oblata, Yoldiella orcia
Type specimen: ZPAL V.48/17, a shell. Its type locality is Fossildalen, Colesbukta area (ZPAL collection), which is in a Thanetian prodelta limestone in the Basilika Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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