Yoldia limatula
Encyclopedia
Yoldia limatula, or the file yoldia, is a clam
in the family
Yoldiidae
. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey
, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska
to San Diego.
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Yoldiidae
Yoldiidae
Yoldiidae is a family of clams of the order Nuculanoida.-Genera:* Megayoldia** Megayoldia martyria** Megayoldia montereyensis** Megayoldia thraciaeformis* Microgloma Saunders & Allen, 1973** Microgloma pusilla...
. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
to San Diego.