MSBIAS taxon details
Yoldia Møller, 1842
138672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138672)
accepted
Genus
- Species Yoldia aeolica (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Species Yoldia hyperborea (A. A. Gould, 1841)
- Species Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)
- Species Yoldia myalis (Couthouy, 1838)
- Species Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824) accepted as Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Species Yoldia lenticula (Møller, 1842) accepted as Yoldiella lenticula (Møller, 1842)
- Species Yoldia micrometrica G. Seguenza, 1877 † accepted as Yoldiella micrometrica (G. Seguenza, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Yoldia seminuda Dall, 1871 accepted as Yoldia aeolica (Valenciennes, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Yoldia Møller, 1842. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138672 on 2026-03-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Yoldia Møller, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138672 on 2026-03-06
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original description
Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 91 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 76 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1966). Opinion 769. <i>Yoldia</i> Möller, 1842, and <i>Portlandia</i> Mörch, 1857: Designation of type-species under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 21 (2): 97-100., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222834 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 76 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1966). Opinion 769. <i>Yoldia</i> Möller, 1842, and <i>Portlandia</i> Mörch, 1857: Designation of type-species under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 21 (2): 97-100., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222834 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Yoldia)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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