Yoldia

Yoldia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae.^[1] It 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.^[2][3]

Yoldia
Yoldia sapotilla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Nuculanida
Family:	Yoldiidae
Genus:	Yoldia Møller, 1842[1]

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

References

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