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Family: Yoldiidae



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101 species (see list below)
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Megayoldia martyria
[Oblique yoldia]
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Megayoldia montereyensis
[Monterey yoldia]
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Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
 
Megayoldia thraciaeformis
[Broad yoldia]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Orthoyoldia crosbyana
[]
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Orthoyoldia lepidula
[]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Orthoyoldia scapania
[]
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Portlandia aestuariorum
[Estuary yoldia]
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Portlandia arctica
[Arctic yoldia]
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Portlandia dalli
[]
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Portlandia glacialis
[]
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Portlandia intermedia
[Intermediate yoldia]
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Portlandia isonota
[Kerguelen nut shell]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Portlandia minuscula
[]
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Portlandia pachia
[]
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Portlandia pygmaea
[]
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Portlandia subangulata
[]
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Scissileda tropica
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Northern Pacific and the

Yoldia aeolica (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Yoldia aeolica
[]
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Yoldia beringiana
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Yoldia callista
[]
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Yoldia casta
[]
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Yoldia cooperii
[Cooper yoldia]
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Yoldia excavata
[]
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Yoldia glauca
[]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Atlantic Ocean, Northwest

Yoldia hyperborea (Gould, 1841)

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Yoldia hyperborea
[Northern yoldia]
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Yoldia japonica
[]
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Yoldia keppeliana
[]
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Yoldia lepidula
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm DL
 
Yoldia limatula
[File yoldia]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Yoldia liorhina
[]
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Yoldia lischkei
[]
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Yoldia martyria
[]
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Yoldia minima
[]
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Yoldia myalis
[Oval yoldia]
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Yoldia notobilis
[]
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Yoldia regularis
[]
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Yoldia riograndensis
[]
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Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Yoldia sapotilla
[Shot yoldia]
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Yoldia secunda
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Yoldia seminuda
[Oblique-lined yoldia]
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Yoldia serotina
[]
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Yoldia similis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
Yoldia solenoides Dall, 1881

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Yoldia solenoides
[]
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Yoldiella americana
[]
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Yoldiella annenkovae
[]
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Yoldiella antarctica
[]
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Yoldiella argentinensis
[]
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Yoldiella biguttata
[]
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Yoldiella blanda
[]
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Yoldiella cecinella
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Yoldiella chilenica
[]
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Yoldiella curta
[]
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Yoldiella dicella
[]
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Yoldiella dissimilis
[Different yoldia]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm SHL
 
Yoldiella ecaudata
[]
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Yoldiella ella
[]
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Yoldiella enata
[]
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Yoldiella expansa
[]
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Yoldiella extensa
[]
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Yoldiella fabula
[]
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Yoldiella frami
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Yoldiella frigida
[Frigid yoldia]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Yoldiella granula
[]
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Yoldiella hamiltoni
[]
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Yoldiella inaequisculpta
[]
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Yoldiella incala
[]
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Yoldiella inconspicua
[Inconspicuous yoldia]
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Yoldiella indolens
[]
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Yoldiella inflata
[]
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Yoldiella insculpta
[]
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Yoldiella intermedia
[]
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Yoldiella iris
[]
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Yoldiella jeffreysi
[]
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Yoldiella lenticula
[Lenticulate yoldia]
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Yoldiella librata
[]
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Yoldiella lucida
[Iridescent yoldia]
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Yoldiella messanensis
[]
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Yoldiella nana
[Sibling yoldia]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Yoldiella obesa
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm SHL
 
Yoldiella oblonga
[]
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Yoldiella oleacina
[]
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Yoldiella orcia
[California yoldia]
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Yoldiella ovulum
[]
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Yoldiella philippiana
[]
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Yoldiella powelli
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Yoldiella profundorum
[]
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Yoldiella propinqua
[]
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Yoldiella pusilla
[]
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Yoldiella robusta
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Yoldiella sabrina (Hedley, 1916)

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Yoldiella sabrina
[]
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Yoldiella siliqua
[]
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Yoldiella similiris
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Yoldiella solidula
[]
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Yoldiella striolata
[]
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Yoldiella subaequilatera
[]
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Yoldiella subangulata
[]
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Yoldiella subcircularis
[]
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Yoldiella tamara
[Arctic miniature-nutclam]
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Yoldiella triolatae
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Antarc

Yoldiella valettei (Lamy, 1906)

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Yoldiella valettei
[]
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Yoldiella wareni
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Megayoldia martyria Oblique yoldia Eastern Pacific. 1897
Megayoldia montereyensis Monterey yoldia Eastern Pacific. 1893
Megayoldia thraciaeformis Broad yoldia Western Atlantic, Norther 6.5 TL 1838
Orthoyoldia crosbyana Western Atlantic. 1.9 DL 1882
Orthoyoldia lepidula Western Pacific 1856
Orthoyoldia scapania Western Atlantic. 1.8 DL 1890
Portlandia aestuariorum Estuary yoldia Northern Atlantic and the 1928
Portlandia arctica Arctic yoldia Arctic and Northern Atlan 1824
Portlandia dalli Arctic and Northern Atlan 1885
Portlandia glacialis Arctic and Northern Atlan 1828
Portlandia intermedia Intermediate yoldia Arctic, Northeast Pacific 1865
Portlandia isonota Kerguelen nut shell Endemic to Kerguelen. 1881
Portlandia minuscula Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1898
Portlandia pachia Western Atlantic. 1898
Portlandia pygmaea Western Atlantic. 1835
Portlandia subangulata Western Atlantic. 1898
Scissileda tropica Western Indian Ocean 1897
Yoldia aeolica Northern Pacific and the 1846
Yoldia beringiana Canada 1916
Yoldia callista Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1893
Yoldia casta Western Atlantic. 1898
Yoldia cooperii Cooper yoldia Eastern Pacific. 1865
Yoldia excavata Eastern Pacific.
Yoldia glauca Northwest Pacific 1961
Yoldia hyperborea Northern yoldia Atlantic Ocean, Northwest 1841
Yoldia japonica Northwest Pacific. 1850
Yoldia keppeliana Indo-Pacific. 1904
Yoldia lepidula Indo-Pacific. 1856
Yoldia limatula File yoldia Arctic and Northern Atlan 5 DL 1831
Yoldia liorhina Western Central Atlantic 1.3 DL 1881
Yoldia lischkei Northwest Pacific 1885
Yoldia martyria Northwest Pacific 1897
Yoldia minima Mediterranean Sea. 1877
Yoldia myalis Oval yoldia Arctic, Northern Pacific 1838
Yoldia notobilis Northwest Pacific 1922
Yoldia regularis Northwest Pacific 1884
Yoldia riograndensis Western Atlantic. 1984
Yoldia sapotilla Shot yoldia Arctic and Western Atlant 3.5 DL 1841
Yoldia secunda Arctic and Western Atlant 1916
Yoldia seminuda Oblique-lined yoldia Arctic and Pacific Ocean. 4 TL 1871
Yoldia serotina Western Pacific 1843
Yoldia similis Northwest Pacific. 1958
Yoldia solenoides Western Atlantic. 1.3 DL 1881
Yoldiella americana Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella annenkovae Northeast Atlantic and th 1946
Yoldiella antarctica Antarctic. 1912
Yoldiella argentinensis Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella biguttata Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella blanda Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella cecinella Northeast Atlantic 1916
Yoldiella chilenica Southeast Pacific. 1908
Yoldiella curta Northeast Atlantic 1898
Yoldiella dicella Northeast Atlantic
Yoldiella dissimilis Different yoldia Northern Atlantic. 1898
Yoldiella ecaudata Antarctic 0.3 SHL 1903
Yoldiella ella Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella enata Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella expansa Northeast Atlantic 1876
Yoldiella extensa Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella fabula Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella frami Endemic to the Arctic. 1985
Yoldiella frigida Frigid yoldia Northern Atlantic, Arctic 0.4 DL 1859
Yoldiella granula Southeast Pacific and Wes 0.3 DL 1908
Yoldiella hamiltoni Southwest Pacific 1935
Yoldiella inaequisculpta Southwest Pacific 1906
Yoldiella incala Eastern Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella inconspicua Inconspicuous yoldia Atlantic Ocean. Temperate 1898
Yoldiella indolens Southeast Pacific. 1908
Yoldiella inflata Northeast Atlantic 1897
Yoldiella insculpta Northeast Atlantic 1879
Yoldiella intermedia Northern Atlantic and the 1865
Yoldiella iris Northeast Atlantic 1897
Yoldiella jeffreysi Northeast Atlantic 1877
Yoldiella lenticula Lenticulate yoldia Arctic, Northeast Pacific 1842
Yoldiella librata Southwest Pacific 1952
Yoldiella lucida Iridescent yoldia Northern Atlantic, Arctic 1846
Yoldiella messanensis Eastern Atlantic. 1870
Yoldiella nana Sibling yoldia Arctic, Eastern Pacific, 1865
Yoldiella obesa Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL 1851
Yoldiella oblonga Antarctic 0.4 SHL 1898
Yoldiella oleacina Northeast Atlantic 1916
Yoldiella orcia California yoldia Eastern Pacific 1916
Yoldiella ovulum Mediterranean Sea. 2004
Yoldiella philippiana Northeast Atlantic and th 1844
Yoldiella powelli Southwest Pacific 1950
Yoldiella profundorum Antarctic. 0.5 DL 1912
Yoldiella propinqua Northern Atlantic, Arctic 1878
Yoldiella pusilla Northeast Atlantic 1879
Yoldiella robusta Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella sabrina Antarctic 1916
Yoldiella siliqua Northeast Atlantic 1855
Yoldiella similiris Western Atlantic. 1995
Yoldiella solidula Atlantic Ocean and the Ar 0.4 DL 1989
Yoldiella striolata Northeast Atlantic and th 1876
Yoldiella subaequilatera Northeast Atlantic 1879
Yoldiella subangulata Northeast Atlantic 1898
Yoldiella subcircularis Atlantic Ocean. 1960
Yoldiella tamara Arctic miniature-nutclam Northeast Atlantic and th 1946
Yoldiella triolatae Mediterranean Sea. 1876
Yoldiella valettei Southeast Pacific, Antarc 1906
Yoldiella wareni Mediterranean Sea. 2004



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