MolluscaBase taxon details
Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)
157005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157005)
accepted
Species
Nucula limatula Say, 1831 · unaccepted
Yoldia (Yoldia) limatula (Say, 1831) · alternative representation
- Subspecies Yoldia limatula gardneri I. S. Oldroyd, 1935 accepted as Yoldia hyperborea (A. Gould, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
(of Nucula limatula Say, 1831) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1 (1830a); Part 2 (April 1831a); Part 3 (September 1831a); Part 4 (March 1832); Part 5 (August 1832); Part 6 (April 1834); Part 7 (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): pl. 12, upper, middle and lower figures [details]
page(s): pl. 12, upper, middle and lower figures [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; North Carolina [details]
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original description
(of Nucula limatula Say, 1831) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1 (1830a); Part 2 (April 1831a); Part 3 (September 1831a); Part 4 (March 1832); Part 5 (August 1832); Part 6 (April 1834); Part 7 (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): pl. 12, upper, middle and lower figures [details]
context source (BeRMS) Fabrice, A.; Kerckhof, F. (2020). De Gladde snavelneut Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831), een nieuwe geïntroduceerde soort in de Belgische mariene fauna. <em>De Strandvlo.</em> 40(3): 88-93. [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Drew G.A. (1899). Some observations on the habits anatomy and embryology of members of the Protobranchia. <em>Anatomische Anzeiger.</em> 15 (24): 493-519., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11801681 [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): pl. 12, upper, middle and lower figures [details]
context source (BeRMS) Fabrice, A.; Kerckhof, F. (2020). De Gladde snavelneut Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831), een nieuwe geïntroduceerde soort in de Belgische mariene fauna. <em>De Strandvlo.</em> 40(3): 88-93. [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Drew G.A. (1899). Some observations on the habits anatomy and embryology of members of the Protobranchia. <em>Anatomische Anzeiger.</em> 15 (24): 493-519., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11801681 [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Dimensions reaches 2 to 6 cm in size [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; North Carolina [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Nucula limatula Say, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102027)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Nucula limatula Say, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102027)
To ITIS
