Yoldiella malletioides Maxwell 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280

Belongs to Yoldiella according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

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

Type specimen: TM 6966

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yoldiella malletioides in the database

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