Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Alternative combinations: Leda (Lembulus) galeottiana, Leda galeottiana, Nucula galeottiana, Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana
Belongs to Yoldiella according to K. I. Schnetler and C. Heilmann-Clausen 2011
See also Glibert 1985 and Glibert and van de Poel 1965
Sister taxa: Portlandia (Yoldiella) nielseni, Yoldiella haasti, Yoldiella intermedia, Yoldiella lenticula, Yoldiella leurovata, Yoldiella lucida, Yoldiella malletioides, Yoldiella minima, Yoldiella nana, Yoldiella oblata, Yoldiella orcia, Yoldiella spitsbergensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), Bulgaria (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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