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Yoldiella orcia (Dall, 1916)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Yoldiidae »  genus Yoldiella

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Yoldiella orcia

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Shell subtrigonal, subequilateral, inflated; anterior end broadly rounded; posterior end slightly produced, inflated, pointed. Length to 5 mm.
The relationship of this species to the Panamic Y. leonilda Dall, 1908, and Y cecinella Dall, 1916, and to the Chilean Y indolens (Dall, 1908) merits additions investigation.
Boca de Quadra, Alaska (55.1°N) [USNM], to San Diego, California (32.7°N) [USNM], in 48 - 1,500 m.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Yoldiella orcia Dall, 1916]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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