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Yoldia inaequisculpta

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia inaequisculpta was named by Lamy (1906).

It was recombined as Nuculana inaequisculpta by Dell and Fleming (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Y. alta, Y. amygdalaeformis, Y. angusta, Y. breweri, Y. calumetensis, Y. chojensis, Y. clallamensis, Y. cuneata, Y. eborea, Y. emersoni, Y. frater, Y. germena, Y. glacialis, Y. hakobutsensis, Y. hokkaidoensis, Y. kamtschatica, Y. khandasensis, Y. kindlei, Y. knoxensis, Y. kochtanensis, Y. lanceolata, Y. leurovata, Y. levitestata, Y. limulata, Y. longa, Y. longifrons, Y. longissima, Y. lusoana, Y. mediana, Y. microdonta, Y. mira, Y. moessi, Y. multiconcentrica, Y. nabiliana, Y. oblongoides, Y. obsoleta, Y. ovata, Y. palachei, Y. pennulata, Y. philippiana, Y. praeposneri, Y. raulini, Y. sagittaria, Y. semistriata, Y. septariana, Y. serotina, Y. slodkewitschi, Y. sobrina, Y. soror, Y. striatula, Y. subacuta, Y. subpilvoensis, Y. tarphaeia, Y. tatianensis, Y. uvutschensis, Y. valida, Y. ventricosa, Y. waltonensis, Y. kurzi, Y. hammetti, Y. houstonia, Y. pistorupes, Y. potomacensis, Y. praecompsa, Y. semenoides, Y. anastasia, Y. longa, Y. nabiliana, Y. sakhalinensis, Y. asagaiensis, Y. franciscoi, Y. kindlei, Y. ovalis, Y. rubamnis, Y. siliqua, Y. antiquus, Y. caudata, Y. chejsliensis, Y. chojensis, Y. djakovi, Y. enemtensis, Y. epilongissima, Y. gackhensis, Y. gretschishkini, Y. heeringi, Y. kikuchii, Y. kovatschensis, Y. limimtensis, Y. longissima, Y. navicula, Y. posneri, Y. praeposneri, Y. salvationemensis, Y. semistriata, Y. strucki, Y. subamygdalea, Y. tschekhovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Yoldia inaequisculpta Lamy
1975Nuculana inaequisculpta Dell and Fleming

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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
speciesinaequisculptaLamy 1906

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 inaequisculpta Lamy 1906
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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, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Antarctica Nuculana inaequisculpta (181568)