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Yoldia limatula (file yoldia)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Nucula limatula was named by Say (1831). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leda limatula by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Yoldia limatula by Clark (1906), Blake (1953), Richards (1962), Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Y. breweri, Y. clallamensis, Y. emersoni, Y. frater, Y. knoxensis, Y. leurovata, Y. longa, Y. multiconcentrica, Y. oblongoides, Y. palachei, Y. praeposneri, Y. septariana, Y. sobrina, Y. soror, Y. subacuta, Y. franciscoi, Y. siliqua, Y. caudata, Y. kovatschensis, Y. posneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1831	Nucula limatula Say
1860	Leda limatula Holmes p. 18
1906	Yoldia limatula Clark p. 209
1953	Yoldia limatula Blake
1962	Yoldia limatula Richards p. 52
2008	Yoldia limatula Hendy et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Yoldiidae	Habe 1977
genus	Yoldia	Möller 1842
species	limatula	(Say 1831)

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 limatula Say 1831 [file yoldia]

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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (North Carolina)	Yoldia limatula (60987 60988 60989)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	USA (New York)	Yoldia limatula (66376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Maryland)	Yoldia limatula (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (South Carolina)	Yoldia limatula (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Virginia)	Yoldia limatula (80048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (North Carolina)	Yoldia limatula (66742 66744 66751)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (New Jersey)	Yoldia limatula (66630)