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Portlandia (bivalve)

Genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portlandia (bivalve)
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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]

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Species

There 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)

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