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Portlandia glacialis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Nucula glacialis was named by Wood (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Arctic (Recent); Newfoundland-Vermont (Pleistocene)]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Portlandia) glacialis by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Portlandia glacialis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sanchuensis, P. sphaerica, P. carolimartini, Yoldia siliqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Nucula glacialis Wood p. 45
1962Yoldia (Portlandia) glacialis Richards p. 52
2008Portlandia glacialis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familySareptidaeAdams 1860
subfamilyYoldiinae(Dall 1908)
genusPortlandiaMörch 1857
speciesglacialis(Wood 1828)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:13:31
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Yoldia glacialis (66337 66338 66339 66340 66344 66348 66349 66351 66352 66353 66355 66356 66357)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Vermont) Yoldia glacialis (66365 66368 66372)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Yoldia glacialis (70839)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Yoldia glacialis (66530 66531 66532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Yoldia glacialis (66444 66482)