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Yoldia cooperi tenuissima

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia cooperi tenuissima was named by Clark (1918) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Pacific Coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 11110, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Yoldia cooperii tenuissima by Clark (1918); it was recombined as Yoldia tenuissima by Clark (1925); it was recombined as Yoldia (Kalayoldia) tenuissima by Addicott (1973) and Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Yoldia cooperi tenuissima Clark pp. 125 - 126 figs. Plate 11, figure 10; Plate 12, figures 8 and 14
1918Yoldia cooperii tenuissima Clark pp. 125-126 figs. pl. 11, fig. 10
1925Yoldia tenuissima Clark pp. 78-79
1973Yoldia (Kalayoldia) tenuissima Addicott p. 22 figs. Plate 1, figures 2, 3, 5, 8
1983Yoldia (Kalayoldia) tenuissima Moore p. A24 figs. Plate 3, figure 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyYoldiidaeHabe 1977
genusYoldiaMöller 1842
speciescooperi()
subspeciestenuissima

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.

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Diagnosis
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