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Yoldia kissoumi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Yoldia kissoumi was named by McLearn (1933).

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
1933	Yoldia kissoumi McLearn p. 142 figs. pl. 1., figs. 1-3
1961	Yoldia kissoumi Imlay p. 41

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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	kissoumi	McLearn 1933

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 kissoumi McLearn 1933

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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: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Canada (Alberta)	Yoldia kissoumi (87418)
Middle Albian	110.1 - 106.3	Canada (Alberta)	Yoldia kissoumi (87457)