Yoldiella frigida (Torell, 1859)
Nuculanoidea : Nuculanidae |
| Tebble name: | n/a |
| Smith & Heppell name: | Yoldiella frigida (Torell, 1859) |
Notes on Nomenclature
Killeen & Turner (2009) use Nuculanidae instead of Yoldiidae in agreement with Ockelmann & Warén (1998) who explan that the distinguishing characters between these two families has never been well documented. Until the Yoldiidae can be clearly distinguished from the Nuculanidae we shall treat them under the single family Nuculanidae.
To size:
To 5mm.
Shell Structure:
Moderately thin.
Equivalve:
Equivalve.
Equilateral:
Roughly equilateral, beaks situated at, or slightly anterior of midline.
Tumidity:
Moderately inflated.
Outline:
Deeply-oval: height of shell approximately 75-80% of length; antero-dorsal and postero-dorsal margins gently sloping; postero-dorsal margin slightly the longer; anterior margin narrowly rounded; lower posterior margin obliquely truncated and weakly rostrate (flexured) in larger specimens; posterior extremity lies well above the horizontal midline; ventral margin very deeply rounded, lowest point posterior of the midline. Umbo small, relatively narrow, slightly pointed, projecting just above the dorsal margin.
Sculpture:
Very weak striations, with growth ridges.
Margin:
Smooth.
Ligament:
Amphidetic, attached internally to the underside of the beak without a projecting chondrophore or resilifer.
Hinge:
Taxodont: moderately strong, up to 8 chevron-shaped teeth on either side of the ligament.
Periostracum:
Silky, slightly irridesecent, straw-coloured, sometimes with darker coloured bands.
Colour:
Translucent white.
Additional Characters:
The hind-gut forms a rounded loop on the right side of the body.
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Distribution & Ecology
North Atlantic and high Arctic mostly in 10-100m depth.
Depth Range
Continental Shelf (to 200m)
Continental Margin Zone (200 - 500m)
Bathyal (500 - 2000m)
Additional Information & Related Species
Related Species
Nuculanoidea : Nuculanidae
References
Listed are literature citing Yoldiella frigida (Torell, 1859). Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.
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Allen, J.A., Sanders, H.L. & Hannah, F. 1995. Studies on the deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia); the subfamily Yoldiellinae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 61: 11-90. |
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Killeen I.J. & Turner J. 2009. Yoldiella and Portlandia (Bivalvia) from the Faroe-Shetland Channel and Rockall Trough, Northeast Atlantic. Journal of Conchology. 39 (6): 733-778. |
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Torell O M 1859. Bidrag till Spitsbergen Mollusk-fauna. Jemte en allman oversigt af Arktiska regionens naturforahallanden och forntida ubtredning Boktrycheri, Stocholm. 118. |
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