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Yoldiella lenticula

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy
Nucula lenticula was named by Möller (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts (Recent); Ontario-New Jersey (Pleistocene)]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Yoldiella lenticula by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Y. stimulea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Nucula lenticula Möller p. 17
1962Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula Richards p. 52
2008Yoldiella lenticula Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyYoldiidaeHabe 1977
genusYoldiellaVerrill and Bush 1897
specieslenticula(Möller 1842)

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.

Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available