Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Alternative combinations: Leda serica, Nucula serica, Nuculana serica
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Yoldia according to D. T. Dockery 1982
See also Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Yoldia (Cnesterium), Yoldia (Kalayoldia), Yoldia (Mirayoldia), Yoldia (Nampiella), Yoldia (Sachalinella), Yoldia (Yoldia), Yoldia blakeleyensis, Yoldia bocasensis, Yoldia clydoniona, Yoldia cupressensis, Yoldia dowlingi, Yoldia duprei, Yoldia evansi, Yoldia freytagi, Yoldia gala, Yoldia gladenkovi, Yoldia hikoshimensis, Yoldia impressa, Yoldia inaequisculpta, Yoldia kermadecensis, Yoldia kissoumi, Yoldia laevis, Yoldia limatula, Yoldia mater, Yoldia mcconnelli, Yoldia nasuta, Yoldia newcombi, Yoldia nitida, Yoldia olympiana, Yoldia peninsularis, Yoldia pisciformis, Yoldia sagittalia, Yoldia sammamishensis, Yoldia sapotilla, Yoldia scaphoides, Yoldia subscitula, Yoldia supramontereyana
Type specimen: ANSP 30675, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (36: Mississippi, North Carolina collections)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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