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Yoldia (Yoldia)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Yoldia (Yoldia) Moeller
1983Yoldia (Yoldia) Moore p. A23
2000Yoldia (Yoldia) Coan et al. pp. 109, 110
2003Yoldia (Yoldia) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51

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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
genusYoldiaMöller 1842
subgenusYoldiaMoeller 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.

Subg. Yoldia (Yoldia) Moeller 1842
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†Yoldia (Yoldia) biremis Uozumi 1957
†Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837
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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]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) makarovi Evseev 1964
Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis Couthouy 1838
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Invalid names: Nucula cascoensis Mighels and Adams 1842 [synonym], Yoldia vancouverensis Smith 1880 [synonym]
†Yoldia (Yoldia) rostriformis Gladenkov 1984
†Yoldia (Yoldia) saitoi Uozumi 1957
Yoldia (Yoldia) similis Kuroda and Habe 1952
†Yoldia (Yoldia) temblorensis Anderson and Martin 1914
†Yoldia (Yoldia) vengeriana Kristofovich 1959
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Yoldia antiquus (50129)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Russian Federation Yoldia kovatschensis, Yoldia gretschishkini (70564)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Yoldia kovatschensis (50051)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation Yoldia caudata (50151)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Yoldia biremis (70424) Yoldia saitoi (71038)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation Yoldia caudata (70518) Yoldia gretschishkini, Yoldia kovatschensis, Yoldia navicula, Yoldia salvationemensis (70466)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation Yoldia djakovi, Yoldia gretschishkini, Yoldia kovatschensis, Yoldia longissima (49975) Yoldia gackhensis, Yoldia longissima, Yoldia praeposneri, Yoldia kovatschensis, Yoldia posneri (49980)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Yoldia temblorensis (208178)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Russian Federation Yoldia longissima (49974)
Rupelian - Aquitanian33.9 - 20.44Russian Federation Yoldia chojensis, Yoldia caudata (50079)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Yoldia caudata (70521) Yoldia caudata, Yoldia tschekhovi, Yoldia vengeriana (70475) Yoldia tschekhovi (70528)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation Yoldia gackhensis, Yoldia posneri (50178) Yoldia kovatschensis, Yoldia praeposneri, Yoldia posneri (50081)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) Yoldia glaberrima (9170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Yoldia glaberrima (9176)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Yoldia glaberrima (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Yoldia glaberrima (111472 111475)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Russian Federation Yoldia vengeriana (50123)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Yoldia caudata (50172) Yoldia chojensis (50050) Yoldia chojensis, Yoldia rostriformis (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Yoldia vengeriana (70560)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Yoldia sp. (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Yoldia biremis (70422 173032 173034)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Yoldia glaberrima (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Yoldia glaberrima (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Yoldia glaberrima (62903 62929 62932 62936 62939 62940 62943 62952 62953)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Yoldia glaberrima (111599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Yoldia temblorensis (206393)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Yoldia glaberrima (186883 186884)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Yoldia epilongissima (50037) Yoldia epilongissima, Yoldia subamygdalea, Yoldia rostriformis (50038)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Yoldia makarovi (70446)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Yoldia glaberrima (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62880 62881 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62891 62892 62893)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Yoldia epilongissima (50048)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Yoldia glaberrima (77859)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Yoldia glaberrima (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Yoldia glaberrima (77862 77863 77864 77867 77868 77871)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Yoldia chejsliensis (49978)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Yoldia glaberrima (34521)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Yoldia glaberrima (98312)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Russian Federation Yoldia hyperborea (49977)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Yoldia chojensis (70476 70479 70566) Yoldia longissima, Yoldia chojensis, Yoldia vengeriana (70532) Yoldia vengeriana (70519 70567)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Yoldia epilongissima, Yoldia limimtensis, Yoldia hyperborea (50042)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Yoldia semistriata (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Yoldia semistriata (76982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Yoldia kikuchii (97076) Yoldia similis (45526 45528)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Yoldia enemtensis (49976)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Leda myalis (84759 84761)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Yoldia semistriata (86803 86804 86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Yoldia heeringi (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Yoldia myalis (98112 98113 98114)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Yoldia hyperborea (140360)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Leda myalis (84833)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Yoldia myalis (79892)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Yoldia amygdala (222647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Yoldia hyperborea (75172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Yoldia myalis (66339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Yoldia myalis (75526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Yoldia myalis (66504)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Yoldia hyperborea (75205)