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Yoldiella

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldiella was named by Verrill and Bush (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 991]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Yoldia (Yoldiella) by Richards (1962); it was reranked as Portlandia (Yoldiella) by Schnetler (2001).

It was assigned to Yoldia by Richards (1962); to Yoldiellinae by Maxwell (1992) and Coan et al. (2000); to Portlandia by Schnetler (2001); to Sareptidae by Todd (2001); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculanidae by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Yoldiidae by Mikkelsen (2006) and Hryniewicz et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Yoldiella Verrill and Bush
1962Yoldia (Yoldiella) Richards p. 52
1992Yoldiella Maxwell p. 58
2000Yoldiella Coan et al. pp. 117, 118
2001Portlandia (Yoldiella) Schnetler
2001Yoldiella Todd
2002Yoldiella Sepkoski
2004Yoldiella Spencer et al.
2006Yoldiella Mikkelsen
2019Yoldiella Hryniewicz et al. p. 110

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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
genusYoldiellaVerrill and Bush 1897

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. Yoldiella Verrill and Bush 1897
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Yoldiella haasti Maxwell 1992
Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842
Yoldiella leurovata Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Yoldiella lucida Lovén 1846
Yoldiella malletioides Maxwell 1992
Yoldiella nana Sars 1865
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Invalid names: Yoldiella fraterna Verrill and Bush 1898 [synonym]
Yoldiella oblata Wood 1864
Yoldiella orcia Dall 1916
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: shallow infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 533. LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:24:52
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:02:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark Y. anja, Y. dortea (1386) Y. dortea, Y. anja (35039)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Y. anja (35040)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Portlandia nielseni (35267)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Y. spitsbergensis (191306 226627 226628 226629)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Y. leurovata (63549)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Y. oblata (3266 3267)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Y. leurovata (63551)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Y. leurovata (63552)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica Y. leurovata (72397)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Y. malletoides, Y. haasti (45037)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Antarctica Y. sp. (181567)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Portlandia pygmaea (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Portlandia pygmaea (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Portlandia pygmaea (62899 62903 62929 62932 62933 62935 62936 62940 62941 62943 62944 62945)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Y. philippiana (111599)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Portlandia curvirostris, Portlandia pygmaea (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Portlandia pygmaea (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62879 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62891 62892 62893 62895)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Y. sp. (77856 77858 77859 77860 77861)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Y. pygmaea (95167)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Y. stimulea (63089 63090)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Y. pygmaea, Y. spiegleri (98312)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Y. sp. (79843)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Y. fraterna (75092) Y. fraterna, Y. intermedia (75099)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Y. lenticula (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Yoldia lenticula (66338 66339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Yoldia fraterna (75130) Y. fraterna (75133) Y. lenticula (75127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Yoldia lenticula (66523)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Yoldia lenticula (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Yoldia fraterna (74988 74990) Yoldia lenticula (74987)