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Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Yoldia notabilis was named by Yokoyama (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Japan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis by Kafanov et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Yoldia notabilis Yokoyama
2005	Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis Kafanov et al. p. 6

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

Rank	Name	Author
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
subgenus	Cnesterium	(Dall 1898)
species	notabilis	(Yokoyama 1922)

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 (Cnesterium) notabilis Yokoyama 1922

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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Japan	Yoldia notabilis (70422)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Japan	Yoldia notabilis (52316 52318 52323)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Russian Federation	Yoldia notabilis (70473 70479 70566)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Japan	Yoldia notabilis (52109 52113 52116 52239 52240)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Russian Federation	Yoldia notabilis (50042 70472)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Japan	Yoldia notabilis (97080)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Russian Federation	Yoldia notabilis (70471)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Japan (Niigata)	Yoldia notabilis (89861)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Japan	Yoldia notabilis (97079)