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Yoldia (Megayoldia) martyria

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia martyria was named by Dall (1897). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megayoldia martyria by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Yoldia (Megayoldia) martyria by Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Megayoldia gratiosa, Megayoldia tokunagai, Megayoldia tokungai, Megayoldia hayasakai, Megayoldia tokungai, Megayoldia arcuata, Megayoldia breviscapha, Megayoldia karaginskiensis, Megayoldia kilanskensis, Megayoldia lautenschlageri, Megayoldia moriyai, Megayoldia ogasawarai, Megayoldia olympiana, Megayoldia orientalis, Megayoldia scapha, Megayoldia sublischkei, Megayoldia subscapha, Megayoldia toyamaensis, Megayoldia triangula, 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. 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. oregonensis, Y. ovata, Y. palachei, Y. pennulata, Y. philippiana, Y. praeposneri, Y. raulini, Y. sagittaria, Y. sammammishensis, 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
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-09-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Yoldia martyria Dall
2000Megayoldia martyria Coan et al. p. 114
2020Yoldia (Megayoldia) martyria Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
RankNameAuthor
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familySareptidaeAdams 1860
subfamilyYoldiinae(Dall 1908)
genusYoldiaVerrill and Bush 1897
subgenusMegayoldia
speciesmartyria(Dall 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.

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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available