Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Yoldiidae > Subfamily Yoldiellinae > Genus Yoldiella

Yoldiella philippiana (Nyst, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Yoldiella*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	accepted genus name
*Portlandia (Yoldiella)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	synonym
*Yoldia (Yoldiella)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Nucula tenuis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Portlandia philippiana*	(Nyst, 1845)	synonym
*Yoldia frigida mediterranea*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Yoldia lenticula tomlini*	Winckworth, 1932	synonym
*Yoldiella frigida mediterranea*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Yoldiella lenticula tomlini*	Winckworth, 1932	synonym
*Yoldiella tenuis*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Leda pygmaea*	(Münster, 1837) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1849	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: キビソデガイ

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Yoldiella philippiana (Nyst, 1845). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142005