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 | |
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| Fossil Portlandia arctica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculanida |
| Family: | Yoldiidae |
| Genus: | Portlandia Mörch, 1857 |
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Species
editThere are six recognized species:[1]
- Portlandia aestuariorum (Mosevich, 1928)
- Portlandia arctica (Gray, 1824)
- Portlandia glacialis (J. E. Gray, 1825)
- Portlandia isonota (Martens, 1881)
- Portlandia pachia (A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898)
- Portlandia sulcifera (Reeve, 1855)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ Tikkanen, Matti & Oksanen, Juha (2002). "Late Weichselian and Holocene shore displacement history of the Baltic Sea in Finland". Fennia. 180 (1–2): 9–20.
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