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Yoldia sammamishensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia sammamishensis was named by Weaver (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Issaquah, northeast, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Washington.

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
1912Yoldia sammamishensis Weaver p. 56

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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
speciessammamishensis

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 sammamishensis Weaver 1912
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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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Yoldia sammamishensis (52362 52366)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Yoldia sammamishensis (type locality: 241874)