Yoldiella leurovata Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Yoldiella according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Yoldiella) nielseni, Yoldiella haasti, Yoldiella intermedia, Yoldiella lenticula, Yoldiella lucida, Yoldiella malletioides, Yoldiella nana, Yoldiella oblata, Yoldiella orcia, Yoldiella spitsbergensis

Type specimen: USNM 441591, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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