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Yoldia (Kalayoldia) submontereyensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia submontereyensis was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 165459, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Kalayoldia) submontereyensis by Moore (1983).

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. 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Yoldia submontereyensis Arnold p. 376 figs. Plate XXXIV, fig. 8
1983Yoldia (Kalayoldia) submontereyensis Moore pp. A24 - A25 figs. Plate 3, figure 13

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

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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Yoldia submontereyensis (241840)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Yoldia submontereyensis (84107 238117)