Yoldiidae is a taxonomic

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of small to medium-sized saltwater

clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

s, marine bivalve molluscs in the order

Nuculanida Nuculanida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Protobranchia. Description These bivalves are distinguished by the presence of relatively primitive, "protobranchiate" gills. There are a row of s ...

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Yoldiidae include: * '' Megayoldia'' ** '' Megayoldia martyria'' ** '' Megayoldia montereyensis'' ** '' Megayoldia thraciaeformis'' * '' Microgloma'' Saunders & Allen, 1973 ** '' Microgloma guilonardi'' (D. F. Hoeksema, 1993) ** '' Microgloma macaron'' Benaim & Absalão, 2011 ** '' Microgloma mirmidina'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) ** '' Microgloma nhanduti'' Benaim & Absalão, 2011 ** '' Microgloma pusilla'' (Jeffreys, 1879) ** '' Microgloma turnerae'' H. L. Sanders & Allen, 1973 ** '' Microgloma yongei'' H. L. Sanders & Allen, 1973 * ''

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'' ** '' Portlandia aestuariorum'' ** '' Portlandia arctica'' ** '' Portlandia beringii'' ** '' Portlandia dalli'' ** '' Portlandia fraterna'' ** '' Portlandia frigida'' ** '' Portlandia glacialis'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Portlandia inflata'' ** '' Portlandia intermedia'' ** '' Portlandia iris'' ** '' Portlandia jeffreysi'' ** ''

Portlandia lenticula ''Portlandia'' is an American sketch comedy television series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, set in and around Portland, Oregon, and spoofing the city's reputation as a haven for eccentric hipsters. The show was produced by Bro ...

'' ** '' Portlandia lucida'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Portlandia sericea'' ** '' Portlandia subangulata'' ** '' Portlandia tamara'' * '' Yoldia'' Möller, 1842 ** ''

Yoldia amygdalea ''Yoldia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae Yoldiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Nuculanida. Genera and species Genera ...

'' ** '' Yoldia beringiana'' ** '' Yoldia cooperii'' ** '' Yoldia excavata'' ** '' Yoldia glacialis'' ** ''

Yoldia hyperborea ''Yoldia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae. It was named after Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi, Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.B ...

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Yoldia limatula ''Yoldia limatula'', commonly called the file yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to S ...

'' (Say, 1831) ** '' Yoldia martyria'' ** ''

Yoldia micrometrica ''Yoldia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae. It was named after Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi, Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.B ...

'' ** '' Yoldia montereyensis'' ** ''

Yoldia myalis ''Yoldia myalis'', or the comb yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Massachusetts, as well as along the Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Al ...

'' (Couthouy, 1838) ** '' Yoldia regularis'' ** ''

Yoldia sapotilla ''Yoldia sapotilla'', or the short yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern ...

'' (Gould, 1841) ** '' Yoldia scissurata'' ** '' Yoldia secunda'' ** '' Yoldia seminuda'' ** '' Yoldia solenoides'' ** ''

Yoldia thraciaeformis ''Yoldia thraciaeformis'', or the broad yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina, as well as along the Pacific coast, from the Arctic Ocean to Or ...

'' Storer, 1838 * '' Yoldiella'' Yoldiella pachia 001

** '' Yoldiella cecinella'' ** '' Yoldiella curta'' ** '' Yoldiella dicella'' ** '' Yoldiella dissimilis'' ** '' Yoldiella expansa'' ** '' Yoldiella fraterna'' ** '' Yoldiella frigida'' ** '' Yoldiella inconspicua'' ** '' Yoldiella inflata'' ** '' Yoldiella insculpta'' ** '' Yoldiella intermedia'' ** '' Yoldiella iris'' ** '' Yoldiella jeffreysi'' ** '' Yoldiella lenticula'' ** '' Yoldiella lucida'' ** '' Yoldiella nana'' ** '' Yoldiella oleacina'' ** '' Yoldiella orcia'' ** '' Yoldiella pachia'' Verrill & Bush, 1898 ** '' Yoldiella philippiana'' ** '' Yoldiella profundorum'' ** '' Yoldiella propinqua'' ** '' Yoldiella pusilla'' ** '' Yoldiella sagamiana'' T. Okutani & K. Fujikura, 2022 ** '' Yoldiella sanesia'' ** '' Yoldiella siliqua'' ** '' Yoldiella striolata'' ** '' Yoldiella subaequilatera'' ** '' Yoldiella subangulata''

References

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