Yoldia Explained

Yoldia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae. It was named after, Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Species within the genus Yoldia include:

• Yoldia aeolica (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Yoldia amygdalea Valenciennes, 1846
• Yoldia aurata Lan & Lee, 2001
• Yoldia bartschi Scarlato, 1981
• Yoldia cooperii Gabb, 1865
• Yoldia glauca Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
• Yoldia hyperborea (Gould, 1841)
• Yoldia johanni Dall, 1925
• Yoldia keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
• Yoldia kikuchii Kuroda, 1929
• Yoldia lata (Hinds, 1843)
• Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)
• Yoldia micrometrica Seguenza G., 1877
• Yoldia myalis (Couthouy, 1838)
• Yoldia notabilis Yokoyama, 1922
• Yoldia pygmaea (Muenster, 1835)
• Yoldia sapotilla (Gould, 1841)
• Yoldia similis Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
• Yoldia thraciaeformis Storer, 1838
• Yoldia toporoki Scarlato, 1981

Notes and References

1. Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1981), p. 2653.
2. Web site: Beatriz . Badorrey Martín . Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi . . Real Academia de la Historia . .