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Yoldia (Yoldia) similis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Yoldia similis was named by Kuroda and Habe (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) similis by Hendy (2007).

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
1952	Yoldia similis Kuroda and Habe
2007	Yoldia (Yoldia) similis Hendy

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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	Yoldia	Moeller 1842
species	similis	(Kuroda and Habe 1952)

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 (Yoldia) similis Kuroda and Habe 1952

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available