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Yoldiidae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Yoldiidae Habe
2000Yoldiidae Coan et al. pp. 82, 109
2006Yoldiidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2008Yoldiidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2010Yoldiidae Bouchet et al.
2013Yoldiidae Beu and Taviani p. 7
2014Yoldiidae Ros-Franch et al.

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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
familyYoldiidaeHabe 1977

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.

Fm. Yoldiidae Habe 1977
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G. †Rollieria Cossmann 1920
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†Rollieria palmae Sowerby 1824
G. Yoldia Möller 1842
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Subg. Yoldia (Cnesterium) Dall 1898
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Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica Valenciennes 1846
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Invalid names: Yoldia scissurata Dall 1897 [synonym], Yoldia seminuda Dall 1871 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Cnesterium) rekinnensis Sinelnikova 1990
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Invalid names: Yoldia subalta Kristofovich 1984 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Cnesterium) yamagatana Nomura and Zinbo 1937
Subg. †Yoldia (Mirayoldia) Kristofovich 1973
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Subg. †Yoldia (Nampiella) Kafanov and Savizky 1995
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Invalid names: Yoldia elliptica Kristofovich 1984 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Nampiella) takaradaiensis Kristofovich 1957
†Yoldia (Nampiella) tigilensis Slodkewitsch 1938
Subg. †Yoldia (Sachalinella) Savitskii 1969
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Subg. Yoldia (Yoldia) Moeller 1842
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†Yoldia (Yoldia) biremis Uozumi 1957
†Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837
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Invalid names: Yoldia amygdalea Valenciennes 1846 [synonym], Yoldia bartschi Scarlato 1981 [synonym], Yoldia gardneri Oldroyd 1935 [synonym], Yoldia norvegica Dautzenberg and Fischer 1912 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) makarovi Evseev 1964
Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis Couthouy 1838
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Invalid names: Nucula cascoensis Mighels and Adams 1842 [synonym], Yoldia vancouverensis Smith 1880 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) rostriformis Gladenkov 1984
†Yoldia (Yoldia) saitoi Uozumi 1957
Yoldia (Yoldia) similis Kuroda and Habe 1952
†Yoldia (Yoldia) temblorensis Anderson and Martin 1914
†Yoldia (Yoldia) vengeriana Kristofovich 1959
†Yoldia blakeleyensis Durham 1944
†Yoldia bocasensis Olsson 1922
†Yoldia clydoniona Dockery 1982
†Yoldia cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia diminutiva Whiteaves 1903
†Yoldia dowlingi Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia duprei Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Yoldia evansi Meek and Hayden 1857
†Yoldia freytagi Ludbrook 1966
†Yoldia gala Woodring and Bramlette 1950
†Yoldia gladenkovi Marincovich, Jr. 1993
†Yoldia hikoshimensis Hirayama 1956
Yoldia impressa Conrad 1849
†Yoldia inaequisculpta Lamy 1906
Yoldia kermadecensis Knudson 1970
†Yoldia kissoumi McLearn 1933
†Yoldia laevis Say 1824
Yoldia limatula Say 1831
†Yoldia mater Meyer 1885
†Yoldia mcconnelli Russell and Landes 1937
†Yoldia nasuta Gabb 1864
†Yoldia newcombi Anderson and Martin 1914
†Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814
†Yoldia olympiana Clark 1925
†Yoldia peninsularis Anelli et al. 2006
†Yoldia pisciformis Brown and Pilsbry 1917
†Yoldia sagittalia Yokoyama 1925
†Yoldia sammamishensis Weaver 1912
Yoldia sapotilla Gould 1841
†Yoldia scaphoides Nagao 1928
†Yoldia serica Conrad 1848
†Yoldia subscitula Meek and Hayden 1858
†Yoldia supramontereyana Arnold 1908
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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:42:07
Modified: 2008-11-18 18:42:07
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Holocene or 343.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 335.5 Ma

Collections (727 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) Yoldia sp. (124253)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Yoldia sp. (62674)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) Yoldia sp. (73)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Yoldia sp. (90 97)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Yoldia sp. (117)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Yoldia sp. (11529 12056) Yoldia subscitula (11959)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Yoldia sp. (12441)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Yoldia subscitula (119870)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Yoldia sp. (108832)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany Rollieria subovalis (23813)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany Nucula palmae (28931)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Rollieria bronni (78497 78502)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Rollieria bronni (204133) Rollieria bronni, Rollieria sp. (204130)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Rollieria bronni (204123 204124)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Rollieria cordata, Rollieria subovalis (23851) Rollieria goldfussi (224862) Rollieria subovalis (23853 23859) Rollieria subovalis, Rollieria cordata (23849 23850 23852 23854 23855 23858) Rollieria subovalis, Rollieria sp. 1, Rollieria cordata (23860)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany Rollieria sp. (23814) Rollieria subovalis (23624 23626 23628 23816 23817 23818 23842 23845) Rollieria subovalis, Rollieria cordata (23627 23839 23840 23841 23843 23844) Rollieria subovalis, Rollieria cordata, Rollieria sp. (23846)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Rollieria goldfussi (126569) Rollieria goldfussi, Rollieria franconica (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal (Coimbra) Rollieria bronni (211004 211005 211006 211034 211035 211037 211038 211040 211041 211062 211063 225388)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kenya Rollieria aequilatera (36455)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Rollieria meriani (67556 68095 68555) Rollieria sp. (67400 68499 68501)