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Yoldia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia was named by Möller (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Nucula arctica.

It was reranked as Leda (Yoldia) by Dall (1889).

It was assigned to Leda by Dall (1889); to Ledidae by Glenn (1904), Clark and Arnold (1923), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928) and Russell and Landes (1937); to Yoldinae by Lintz (1958); to Sareptidae by Todd (2001); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculanidae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964), Skwarko (1967), Hayami (1975), Moore (1976), Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Moore (1983), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Wienrich (1999) and Spencer et al. (2004); to Yoldiinae by Coan et al. (2000) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Yoldiidae by Beu and Taviani (2013).

Species
Y. (Cnesterium), Y. (Kalayoldia), Y. (Mirayoldia), Y. (Nampiella), Y. (Sachalinella), Y. (Yoldia), Y. blakeleyensis, Y. bocasensis, Y. clydoniona, Y. cupressensis, Y. diminutiva, Y. dowlingi, Y. duprei, Y. evansi, Y. freytagi, Y. gala, Y. gladenkovi, Y. hikoshimensis, Y. impressa, Y. inaequisculpta, Y. kermadecensis, Y. kissoumi, Y. laevis, Y. limatula, Y. mater, Y. mcconnelli, Y. nasuta, Y. newcombi, Y. nitida, Y. olympiana, Y. peninsularis, Y. pisciformis, Y. sagittalia, Y. sammamishensis, Y. sapotilla, Y. scaphoides, Y. serica, Y. subscitula, Y. supramontereyana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Y. breweri, Y. caudata, Y. clallamensis, Y. emersoni, Y. franciscoi, Y. frater, Y. knoxensis, Y. kovatschensis, Y. leurovata, Y. longa, Y. multiconcentrica, Y. oblongoides, Y. palachei, Y. posneri, Y. praeposneri, Y. scitula, Y. septariana, Y. siliqua, Y. sobrina, Y. soror, Y. subacuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Yoldia Möller p. 18
1889Leda (Yoldia) Dall
1904Yoldia Glenn p. 395
1923Yoldia Clark and Arnold p. 137
1928Yoldia Nagao p. 23
1931Yoldia Grant, IV and Gale p. 126
1937Yoldia Russell and Landes p. 133
1944Yoldia Durham p. 135
1958Yoldia Lintz p. 109
1964Yoldia Faustman p. 114
1967Yoldia Skwarko p. 15
1975Yoldia Hayami
1976Yoldia Moore p. 44
1980Yoldia Vokes p. 7
1982Yoldia Dockery p. 28
1983Yoldia Moore p. A23
1998Yoldia Lamprell and Healy p. 42
1999Yoldia Wienrich p. 211
2000Yoldia Coan et al. p. 109
2001Yoldia Todd
2002Yoldia Sepkoski
2004Yoldia Spencer et al.
2010Yoldia Bouchet et al.
2013Yoldia Beu and Taviani p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyYoldiidaeHabe 1977
genusYoldiaMöller 1842

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.

G. Yoldia Möller 1842
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Subg. Yoldia (Cnesterium) Dall 1898
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Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica Valenciennes 1846
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Invalid names: Yoldia scissurata Dall 1897 [synonym], Yoldia seminuda Dall 1871 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Cnesterium) rekinnensis Sinelnikova 1990
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Invalid names: Yoldia subalta Kristofovich 1984 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Cnesterium) yamagatana Nomura and Zinbo 1937
Subg. †Yoldia (Mirayoldia) Kristofovich 1973
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Subg. †Yoldia (Nampiella) Kafanov and Savizky 1995
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Invalid names: Yoldia elliptica Kristofovich 1984 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Nampiella) takaradaiensis Kristofovich 1957
†Yoldia (Nampiella) tigilensis Slodkewitsch 1938
Subg. †Yoldia (Sachalinella) Savitskii 1969
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Subg. Yoldia (Yoldia) Moeller 1842
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†Yoldia (Yoldia) biremis Uozumi 1957
†Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837
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Invalid names: Yoldia amygdalea Valenciennes 1846 [synonym], Yoldia bartschi Scarlato 1981 [synonym], Yoldia gardneri Oldroyd 1935 [synonym], Yoldia norvegica Dautzenberg and Fischer 1912 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) makarovi Evseev 1964
Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis Couthouy 1838
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Invalid names: Nucula cascoensis Mighels and Adams 1842 [synonym], Yoldia vancouverensis Smith 1880 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) rostriformis Gladenkov 1984
†Yoldia (Yoldia) saitoi Uozumi 1957
Yoldia (Yoldia) similis Kuroda and Habe 1952
†Yoldia (Yoldia) temblorensis Anderson and Martin 1914
†Yoldia (Yoldia) vengeriana Kristofovich 1959
†Yoldia blakeleyensis Durham 1944
†Yoldia bocasensis Olsson 1922
†Yoldia clydoniona Dockery 1982
†Yoldia cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia diminutiva Whiteaves 1903
†Yoldia dowlingi Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia duprei Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Yoldia evansi Meek and Hayden 1857
†Yoldia freytagi Ludbrook 1966
†Yoldia gala Woodring and Bramlette 1950
†Yoldia gladenkovi Marincovich, Jr. 1993
†Yoldia hikoshimensis Hirayama 1956
Yoldia impressa Conrad 1849
†Yoldia inaequisculpta Lamy 1906
Yoldia kermadecensis Knudson 1970
†Yoldia kissoumi McLearn 1933
†Yoldia laevis Say 1824
Yoldia limatula Say 1831
†Yoldia mater Meyer 1885
†Yoldia mcconnelli Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia nasuta Gabb 1864
†Yoldia newcombi Anderson and Martin 1914
†Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814
†Yoldia olympiana Clark 1925
†Yoldia peninsularis Anelli et al. 2006
†Yoldia pisciformis Brown and Pilsbry 1917
†Yoldia sagittalia Yokoyama 1925
†Yoldia sammamishensis Weaver 1912
Yoldia sapotilla Gould 1841
†Yoldia scaphoides Nagao 1928
†Yoldia serica Conrad 1848
†Yoldia subscitula Meek and Hayden 1858
†Yoldia supramontereyana Arnold 1908
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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU/DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:24:31
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:24:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Holocene or 343.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 335.5 Ma

Collections (621 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) Y. sp. (124253)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Y. sp. (62674)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Y. sp. (90 97)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) Y. sp. (73)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Y. sp. (117)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Y. sp. (11529 12056) Y. subscitula (11959)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Y. sp. (12441)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Y. subscitula (119870)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Y. sp. (108832)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Australia (Western Australia) Y. freytagi (162301 162302 162305 162307)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Y. kissoumi (87418)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Y. microdonta (1981 1983 1999 2029 2043)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Alberta) Y. kissoumi (87457)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Y. septariana (4637 4639 4648 4651 4652 6469 6471 6498 6500 6502 6540 6589 6595 6604 6606 6611 6639 6641 6646) Y. subacuta (4655 6467 6539 6617)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Y. nasuta, Y. diminutiva (167599)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Peru Y. sp. (61917 61993)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Y. septariana (4644)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Y. calumetensis (1987)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Wyoming) Y. scitula (87773)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand Y. sp. (83538)