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Yoldia pisciformis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Yoldia pisciformis was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1917). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Y. breweri, Y. clallamensis, Y. emersoni, Y. frater, Y. knoxensis, Y. leurovata, Y. longa, Y. multiconcentrica, Y. oblongoides, Y. palachei, Y. praeposneri, Y. septariana, Y. sobrina, Y. soror, Y. subacuta, Y. franciscoi, Y. siliqua, Y. caudata, Y. kovatschensis, Y. posneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Yoldia pisciformis Brown and Pilsbry p. 38 figs. pl. 6, fig. 3
1929	Yoldia pisciformis Anderson p. 146

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Yoldiidae	Habe 1977
genus	Yoldia	Möller 1842
species	pisciformis	Brown and Pilsbry 1917

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.

†Yoldia pisciformis Brown and Pilsbry 1917

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:24:31

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:24:41

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Colombia	Yoldia pisciformis (88297)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Colombia	Yoldia pisciformis (88298)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Colombia (Bolívar)	Yoldia pisciformis (88307)