Yoldiella nana Sars 1865 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Alternative combination: Yoldia nana

Synonyms: Yoldia fraterna Verrill and Bush 1898, Yoldiella fraterna Verrill and Bush 1898

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

See also Coan et al. 2000 and Matthews 1967

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Nunavut collections), Greenland (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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