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Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Nucula hyperborea was named by Gould (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Pan-Arctic, Alaska-California, Siberian Arctic, Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, Norway, Iceland, Greenland (Recent).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Yoldia hyperborea by Torell (1859) and Beu and Taviani (2013); it was recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea by Hendy (2021).

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

Synonyms

Nucula amygdalea was named by Valenciennes (1846) [Synonym of Y. (Y.) hyperborea (A.A. Gould 1841) [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Yoldia amygdala by Cooper (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Nucula hyperborea by Coan et al. (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea by Hendy (2021).
Yoldia norvegica was named by Dautzenberg and Fischer (1912) [Synonym of Y. (Y.) hyperborea (A.A. Gould 1841) [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula hyperborea by Coan et al. (2000).
Yoldia gardneri was named by Oldroyd (1935) [Synonym of Y. (Y.) hyperborea (A.A. Gould 1841) [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula hyperborea by Coan et al. (2000).
Yoldia bartschi was named by Scarlato (1981) [Synonym of Y. (Y.) hyperborea (A.A. Gould 1841) [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucula hyperborea by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Nucula hyperborea Gould p. 99
1846	Nucula amygdalea Valenciennes p. 26
1859	Yoldia hyperborea Torell p. 142
1888	Yoldia amygdala Cooper
1912	Yoldia norvegica Dautzenberg and Fischer p. 403
1935	Yoldia gardneri Oldroyd p. 14
1981	Yoldia bartschi Scarlato p. 199 fig. 200
2013	Yoldia hyperborea Beu and Taviani p. 7
2021	Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea 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	hyperborea	(Gould 1841)

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) hyperborea Gould 1841

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Invalid names: Yoldia amygdalea Valenciennes 1846 [synonym], Yoldia bartschi Scarlato 1981 [synonym], Yoldia gardneri Oldroyd 1935 [synonym], Yoldia norvegica Dautzenberg and Fischer 1912 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:24:31

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:24:41

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	Russian Federation	Yoldia hyperborea (49977)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Russian Federation	Yoldia hyperborea (50042)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Yoldia hyperborea (140360)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Yoldia amygdala (222647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Greenland	Yoldia hyperborea (75172)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Greenland	Yoldia hyperborea (75205)