Yoldia Explained

See also: Portlandia (bivalve). Yoldia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae. Some former members of the genus are now known as Portlandia.^[1] The genus was named after, Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.^{[2] [3]}

Species

Species that were within the genus Yoldia include:

• Yoldia aeolica (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Yoldia amygdalea Valenciennes, 1846
• Yoldia aurata Lan & Lee, 2001
• Yoldia bartschi Scarlato, 1981
• Yoldia cooperii Gabb, 1865
• Yoldia glauca Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
• Yoldia hyperborea (Gould, 1841)
• Yoldia johanni Dall, 1925
• Yoldia keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
• Yoldia kikuchii Kuroda, 1929
• Yoldia lata (Hinds, 1843)
• Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)
• Yoldia micrometrica Seguenza G., 1877
• Yoldia myalis (Couthouy, 1838)
• Yoldia notabilis Yokoyama, 1922
• Yoldia pygmaea (Muenster, 1835)
• Yoldia sapotilla (Gould, 1841)
• Yoldia similis Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
• Yoldia thraciaeformis Storer, 1838
• Yoldia toporoki Scarlato, 1981

Notes and References

1. Portlandia Mörch, 1857 . 2022 . 138671 . Marine Mollusca . 13 October 2022.
2. Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1981), p. 2653.
3. Web site: Beatriz . Badorrey Martín . Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi . . Real Academia de la Historia . .