Portlandia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae.[1][2] They can be found in all the oceans.[2] The genus includes Portlandia arctica, the bivalve which gave its name – when it was still known as Yoldia arctica – to the Yoldia Sea.[3]

Portlandia
Fossil Portlandia arctica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Yoldiidae
Genus: Portlandia
Mörch, 1857
Synonyms[1]
  • Nuculana (Portlandia) Mörch, 1857
  • Leda (Portlandia) Mörch, 1857

Species

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There are six recognized species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ Tikkanen, Matti & Oksanen, Juha (2002). "Late Weichselian and Holocene shore displacement history of the Baltic Sea in Finland". Fennia. 180 (1–2): 9–20.