WoRMS taxon details
Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838)
141983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141983)
accepted
Species
Leda thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microyoldia ochotensis Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microyoldia regularis (A. E. Verrill, 1884) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898 · unaccepted
Nucula laternaria Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted
Nucula navicularis Couthouy, 1839 · unaccepted
Nucula thraciaeformis Storer, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
Portlandia (Megayoldia) thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portlandia dalli A. Krause, 1885 · unaccepted
Yoldia (Megayoldia) thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Yoldia angularis Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Yoldia mulleri J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Yoldia scapha Yokoyama, 1926 † · unaccepted
Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nucula thraciaeformis Storer, 1838) Storer, D. H. (1838). Description of a new species of <i>Nucula</i> from Massachusetts Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 122-125, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920#page/124/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, 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); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141983 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Microyoldia ochotensis Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 212-213, fig. 116 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nucula laternaria Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 23, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Nucula navicularis Couthouy, 1839) Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of <i>Anculotus</i>, and one of <i>Eolis</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787 [details]
original description (of Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898) Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35685242
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Nucula thraciaeformis Storer, 1838) Storer, D. H. (1838). Description of a new species of <i>Nucula</i> from Massachusetts Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 122-125, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920#page/124/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Portlandia dalli A. Krause, 1885) Krause A. (1885). Ein Beitrag zur kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Beringsmeres. II. Gastropods und Pteropoda. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 51(1): 256-302, pls 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6317170 [details]
original description (of Yoldia angularis Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 398 [details]
original description (of Yoldia scapha Yokoyama, 1926 †) Yokoyama M. (1926). Tertiary Mollusca from the oil-fields of Embets and Etaibets. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology.</em> 1(7): 235–248, pls. 30–32., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0482_.pdf [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 212-213, fig. 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nucula laternaria Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 23, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Nucula navicularis Couthouy, 1839) Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of <i>Anculotus</i>, and one of <i>Eolis</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787 [details]
original description (of Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898) Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35685242
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Nucula thraciaeformis Storer, 1838) Storer, D. H. (1838). Description of a new species of <i>Nucula</i> from Massachusetts Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 122-125, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920#page/124/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Portlandia dalli A. Krause, 1885) Krause A. (1885). Ein Beitrag zur kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Beringsmeres. II. Gastropods und Pteropoda. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 51(1): 256-302, pls 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6317170 [details]
original description (of Yoldia angularis Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 398 [details]
original description (of Yoldia scapha Yokoyama, 1926 †) Yokoyama M. (1926). Tertiary Mollusca from the oil-fields of Embets and Etaibets. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology.</em> 1(7): 235–248, pls. 30–32., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0482_.pdf [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, 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); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | broad yoldia [from synonym]Broad yoldia | [details] |
| Japanese | フネソデガイ | [details] |
| Russian | Иольдия трациевидная (широкая) | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Portlandia dalli A. Krause, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) United States, California, Los Angeles Co....
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 39420 Yoldia regularis Syntype) (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia secunda Syntype USNM 107668) (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Portlandia dalli A. Krause, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) United States, California, Los Angeles Co....
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 39420 Yoldia regularis Syntype) (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia secunda Syntype USNM 107668) (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia secunda Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia regularis A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To ITIS
