Portlandia | |
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Fossil Portlandia arctica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Nuculanida |
Family: | Yoldiidae |
Genus: | Portlandia Mörch, 1857 |
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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]
There are six recognized species:[1]