Yoldia
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| Yoldia | |
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| Yoldia sapotilla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculanida |
| Family: | Yoldiidae |
| Genus: | Yoldia Møller, 1842[1] |
Yoldia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae.[1] Some former members of the genus are now known as Portlandia.[2] The genus was named after Alfonso de Aguirre y Yoldi, Conde de Yoldi (1764–1852), a Spanish nobleman in charge of the royal naturalistic collection of Denmark.[3][4]
