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Yoldia myalis

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Species of bivalve

Yoldia myalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Yoldiidae
Genus: Yoldia
Species: Y. myalis
Binomial name
Yoldia myalis
(Couthouy, 1838)

Yoldia myalis, or the comb yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Massachusetts, as well as along the Alaskan coast.

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 6.
Taxon identifiers
Yoldia myalis
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