Yoldia

Yoldia
Yoldia sapotilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Yoldiidae
Genus: Yoldia
Møller, 1842[1]
See also: Portlandia (bivalve)

Yoldia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae.[1] Some former members of the genus are now known as Portlandia.[2] The genus was named after Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi [dk], Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.[3][4]

Species

Species that were within the genus Yoldia include:

References

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Yoldia Møller, 1842". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1981), p. 2653.
  4. ^ Badorrey Martín, Beatriz. "Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi". Diccionario Biográfico Español. Real Academia de la Historia..


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