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Yoldia cooperii

Description

Yoldia cooperii, common name Cooper's yoldia, is a saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Yoldiidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2285506https://www.gbif.org/species/2285506
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86107https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86107
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Yoldia : Yoldia cooperii
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Yoldia : Yoldia cooperii
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyYoldiidaeHabe 1977
genusYoldiaMöller 1842
speciesYoldia cooperiiGabb 1865
Generic NameYoldia
Scientific NameYoldia cooperii Gabb, 1865
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Yoldia cooperiispeciesbelongs to Yoldiastated with evidenceGabb, 1865
Yoldia cooperiispeciesbelongs to Yoldiastated without evidenceClark and Arnold, 1923
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentinner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Yoldiidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Yoldia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Yoldia)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Yoldiidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Yoldiidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)U. S. Grant and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036
Common Name(s) Cooper Yoldia
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoldia_cooperii

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Yoldia cooperii cooperii
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Yoldia cooperii tenuissima
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1865Yoldia cooperii Gabb p. 189
1866Yoldia cooperii Gabb p. 31 figs. PI. 9, Fig. 54
1923Yoldia cooperii Clark and Arnold p. 137
1931Yoldia cooperi Grant and Gale p. 128
1972Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii Hertlein and Grant p. 151
2000Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii Coan et al. p. 113

References

Grant U. S., Gale H. R. (1931) Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California, Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1, 1-1036
Gabb W. M. , Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, 1-299
Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234
Hertlein L. G., Grant U. S. (1972) The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California (Paleontology: Pelecypoda), San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 2 B, 135-411
Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764
Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Huber, M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research: Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM - via Catalogue of Life
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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