Yoldia (Portlandia) cooperii Gabb 1865 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Alternative combination: Yoldia cooperii

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1865. Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (First Series) 3:182-109

Belongs to Yoldia (Portlandia) according to T. J. Etherington 1931

See also Arnold 1903, Clark 1925, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Gabb 1866, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2021, Hertlein and Grant 1972 and Moore 1983

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia), Portlandia arctica, Portlandia chehalisensis, Portlandia glacialis, Portlandia impressa, Portlandia kakimii, Portlandia laudabilis, Portlandia rosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (5: California)

• Eocene of United States (12: California)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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