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Yoldia (Cnesterium)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Cnesterium Dall
1983Yoldia (Cnesterium) Moore p. A27
2000Yoldia (Cnesterium) Coan et al. pp. 109, 111
2002Cnesterium Sepkoski
2005Yoldia (Cnesterium) Kafanov et al. p. 6

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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
subgenusCnesterium(Dall 1898)

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.

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
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation Yoldia supraoregona (49975) Yoldia supraoregona, Yoldia subalta (49980)
Rupelian - Aquitanian33.9 - 20.44Russian Federation Yoldia supraoregona (50079)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Yoldia johanni (70475)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation Yoldia supraoregona (50178)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Yoldia nabiliana (50041 50050)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Yoldia notabilis (70422)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan Yoldia notabilis (52316 52318 52323)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Yoldia nabiliana (50038) Yoldia nabiliana, Yoldia rekinnensis (50037)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan Yoldia yamagatana (70304)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Yoldia nabiliana (70460)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Yoldia kuluntunensis (50048)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Yoldia kuluntunensis, Yoldia rekinnensis (49978)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Yoldia scissurata (37401 37404) Yoldiella scissurata (37407 37409 37416)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Yoldia longa (161327 173165)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Russian Federation Yoldia ermanensis (49977) Yoldia kuluntunensis (50180)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Yoldia longa (173163 173166 173167)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Yoldia anastasia, Yoldia notabilis (70566) Yoldia kuluntunensis (70477) Yoldia kuluntunensis, Yoldia notabilis (70479) Yoldia nabiliana, Yoldia notabilis (70473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Yoldia notabilis (52109 52113 52116 52239 52240)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Yoldia anastasia, Yoldia sakhalinensis, Yoldia notabilis, Yoldia supraoregona (70472) Yoldia kuluntunensis, Yoldia notabilis (50042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Yoldia strigata (71148)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Yoldia notabilis (97080)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Yoldia scissurata (194689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Yoldia kuluntunensis, Yoldia notabilis (70471) Yoldia seminuda, Yoldia kuluntunensis (50080) Yoldia supraoregona (49976)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Yoldia notabilis (89861)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Yoldia scissurata (186031)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Yoldia notabilis (97079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Yoldia scissurata (168757 231899)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (California) Yoldia imleri (220004)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Yoldia scissurata (96894 202634 202636 202639 202645 202647 203108 222663 223325)